Thesaurus results for LITIGANTS

litigants

noun

plural of litigant

as in defendants

law someone who brings a legal action against another person or against whom a legal action is brought Both litigants chose to represent themselves in court.

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Recent Examples of litigants Other litigants’ right to access to courts is at risk because execution litigation must take priority. —

Melanie Verdecia, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026 Once a complaint is filed, attorneys told us, litigants using AI often proceed to file a steady drip of new motions and other documents, prompting the professionals on the other side of the case to pour a huge number of hours into reading and responding to the outflow of material. —

Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026 In this case, however, your expertise is needed to help a jury (or litigants) decide whether someone’s personal or professional behavior deviated from the norm in a way that would irreparably harm another person. —

Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026 My leadership on the bench is guided by judicial ethics, the Constitution, and a commitment to impartiality, independence, and due process — principles that serve all litigants, regardless of political belief. —

Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026 Councilors Tiffany Koyama Lane and Mitch Green personally offered to connect prospective litigants with the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon and the state attorney general’s office. —

Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026 Such a result would be nonsensical and a miscarriage of justice to the Bevins and other divorce litigants in Kentucky. —

Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Jan. 2026 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were once prolific litigants and between them have sued Associated Newspapers, the publisher of , alone of four times. —

Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025 Black citizens could now testify, regardless of litigants’ race. —

Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for litigants

Noun

All three co-defendants have pleaded not guilty in their cases.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
The plaintiff in this case argued that the platform design features of the two remaining defendants, Meta and YouTube, were designed to be addictive, especially for young users.

— Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026