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The purpose of that last phrase is to keep a litigant from filing something that states a legal action but attempting to call it something else, such as a Writ Of Mumbo Jumbo or something unusual.—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Such an explicit carve-out in legal doctrine is striking but responds directly to claims made by litigants and political commentators of the dire economic consequences that could result were the president to have free rein over the Federal Reserve’s chairman.—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 13 June 2025 That principle ensures that all litigants in disputes have a voice with an open-minded audience and that the outcomes of cases, correct or not, are based on law and facts, not the insidious influence or pressure of external forces.—Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025 And the litigant probably doesn’t know what the hell is going on.—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for litigant
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