Definition of litigant
: one engaged in a lawsuit
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Only a relatively small number of indigent litigants end up in civil courts annually, San Diego Superior Court Executive Officer Michael Roddy said.
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Any time a litigant raises a Second Amendment claim, he or she is arguing that a particular government action, typically a gun regulation, is unconstitutional.
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The whole point of all these offerings, explained Jouhet, is to make the decision to be a pro-se (self-represented) litigant a bit easier and more cost-effective.
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However, Shivers has been known to the state of California as a vexatious litigant since 2008.
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That means that the courts of appeals are the courts of last resort for thousands of litigants each year.
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Russian litigants accounted for a tenth of cases heard in the London Commercial Courts between March 2017 and April 2018.
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As the case dragged on, Frank reduced his claim to $10 million and the litigants ultimately agreed to settle for $4.85 million.
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Though there has not been a ruling on the exclusion request in the Chipotle case yet, the judge last week invited the litigants to file supplemental briefs addressing the impact of Epic Systems on the status of the affected plaintiffs.
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First Known Use of litigant
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LITIGANT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of litigant for English Language Learners
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law : a person who is involved in a lawsuit : someone who is suing another person or is being sued by another person
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legal Definition of litigant
: an active party to litigation
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