litigant
/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/
litigant noun: a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
Noun
litigant (plural litigants)
- A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
Adjective
litigant (comparative more litigant, superlative most litigant)
- Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.
- the parties litigant
- litigant Scholars1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John...
litigant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
litigant in Hindi
- a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit
- प्रतिवादी prativādī
litigant in Tamil
- வழக்காடி, வழக்காடுபவர், வழக்காளி, வழக்காடுநர்
litigant in Urdu
- مدعی
litigant in Malayalam
- disputant, litigator, opponent (in law)
- വ്യവഹാരി, നിയമവ്യവഹാരത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്ന ആൾ, വ്യവഹാരകൻ, അന്യായക്കാരൻ, വ്യവഹർത്താവ്, വ്യവഹരിക്കുന്നവൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- litigant in Malay
- litigan
Forms of litigant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | litigants |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more litigant |
| superlative | most litigant |
Origin of litigant
From French litigant, from Middle French, from Latin litigans.
Words formed from litigant
Questions about litigant
- What does litigant mean?
- Litigant means a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
- What is litigant in Hindi?
- Litigant in Hindi is प्रतिवादी (prativādī). See Litigant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is litigant?
- Litigant can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce litigant?
- Litigant is pronounced /ˈlɪtɪɡənt/.
- What is the plural of litigant?
- The plural of litigant is litigants.
Words near litigant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: litigant (page history and authors); litigant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); litigant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); litigant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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