Litigant

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Litigant \Lit"i*gant\, a. [L. litigans, -antis, p. pr. of
     litigare: cf. F. litigant. See {Litigate}.]
     Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a
     lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. --Ayliffe.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Litigant \Lit"i*gant\, n.
     A person engaged in a lawsuit.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  litigant
       n : (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation;
           "plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants" [syn: {litigator}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "litigant":
     accessory, accused, actionable, appellant, appellee, bitter-ender,
     brawler, causidical, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient,
     dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigable,
     litigationist, litigator, litigatory, litigious, naysayer,
     negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive,
     opposer, oppositionist, panel, parties litigant, party, petitioner,
     plaintiff, protester, quarreler, resister, scrapper, suitor,
     witness, wrangler
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LITIGANT. One engaged in a suit; one fond of litigation.
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  LITIGANT, n.  A person about to give up his skin for the hope of
  retaining his bones.