Definition of litigant
: one engaged in a lawsuit
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Access to Justice - Improve access to justice for litigants and victims, including simple wayfinding, efficient transaction counters and pro-se services.
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Then, too, some have argued that a criminal justice complex properly belongs downtown in one consolidated location for the convenience of the the lawyers, deputies, judges, litigants and family members visiting each day.
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That will obviously help or hinder other litigants.
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Lawyers, litigants, and the justices themselves appear to have sought to avoid such ambiguous outcomes this term.
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Further, the panel found that upholding Beats' interpretation of section 1717 could undermine the state's constitution, which provides civil litigants the right to have a jury assess damages in breach of contract actions.
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Denser isn’t ideal, because the rest of Mission Valley is largely built up and here would ratchet up the attention of would-be environmental litigants.
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Once Landrieu secured a 6-1 City Council vote in December 2015 authorizing removal, the Monumental Task Committee was the primary litigant attempting to seek court orders to halt the removal.
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A few seconds after dismissing the jury with his thanks, Federal Judge Vince Chhabria of San Francisco uttered words no litigant probably likes to hear.
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First Known Use of litigant
1659
Other Legal Terms
LITIGANT Defined for English Language Learners
litigant
playDefinition 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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litigant
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: an active party to litigation
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