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litigant

[lit-i-guhnt] / ˈlɪt ɪ gənt /
NOUN
defendant
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NOUN
plaintiff
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NOUN
respondent
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Recent analysis by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory showed that in 80% of cases at least one parent is a litigant in person.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

It has told every future court, and every future litigant, exactly what its assurances are worth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

What if the judiciary treated the federal government itself as a vexatious litigant?

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

The courts’ primary remedy in such instances is to find the defiant litigant in contempt of court.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

Its panelled rooms give out a sense of grand-motherly comfort and security, very grateful at first to the hesitating investor, the dubious litigant.

From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Granville-Barker, Harley




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