as in defendant
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 litigant
But in the current landscape, there are many legal battles brought by many different litigants.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
The filing noted that Mr. Trump had also asked New York’s highest court, its Court of Appeals, for an emergency stay, acknowledging that litigants must ordinarily seek relief from lower courts before turning to the Supreme Court.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
But in the current landscape, there are many legal battles brought by many different litigants.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
The practice of individual judges, in locales favorable to the litigants, issuing injunctions that are nationwide in scope and affect parties not before the courts raises many grave objections.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
The filing noted that Mr. Trump had also asked New York’s highest court, its Court of Appeals, for an emergency stay, acknowledging that litigants must ordinarily seek relief from lower courts before turning to the Supreme Court.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
But in the current landscape, there are many legal battles brought by many different litigants.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
The practice of individual judges, in locales favorable to the litigants, issuing injunctions that are nationwide in scope and affect parties not before the courts raises many grave objections.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for litigant
Noun
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Instead, the church, Refuge of Hope, and Brook View Rye, LLC were listed as defendants.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Other defendants are Leroy & Morton Productions and Karla Zambrano, RadicalMedia’s head of production.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet even as the party showcases a solidly deep bench of experience 2028 contenders, there is a nagging narrative, mostly in media circles, that Democrats should mimic the GOP by eloping with a non-traditional candidate with a massive entertainment or social media footprint.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Farage's party is targeting working-class voters who once backed Labour.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Fair use is always about uses the plaintiff doesn’t approve of; that’s why there is a lawsuit.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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The solicitor general, who argues on behalf of the federal government before the Supreme Court, said that the plaintiffs who brought the case did not have the legal right to sue.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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“Litigant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litigant. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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