litigant
Example Sentences
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Article III of the Constitution “guarantees every litigant . . . the right to an independent and impartial tribunal,” the AGs write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
What if the judiciary treated the federal government itself as a vexatious litigant?
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025
The judge said it was "most unsatisfactory" that a litigant would attack the jury and accused him of disregarding the court rules.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
Ridley-Thomas’ appellate case marks Watford’s first time appearing as a litigant before his former colleagues since he left the bench in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
It is not like the English common law, so rich in recorded precedents that almost any conceivable new complication between litigant interests can be solved by analogy with some past judgment.
From Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' by Murray, Gilbert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.