litigant
noun/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/
/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/
(law)- a person who is making or defending a claim in courtTopics Law and justicec2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Latin litigant- ‘carrying on a lawsuit’, from the verb litigare from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.
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