litigant

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for litigant.

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A litigant who has lost should be able to decide not to appeal, including where that litigant is the State.

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Quick take

Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of litigant gathered in one view.

adjective

Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.

noun

(law) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for litigant.

adjective

Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.

noun

(law) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

Example sentences

A litigant who has lost should be able to decide not to appeal, including where that litigant is the State.

The jurisdiction is not even the litigant-friendly US, it is the UK...

The judiciary can only weigh in when a litigant with proper standing brings a case before the courts.

Aren't there some important cases in family law that would need to be referenced by a self-represented litigant?

Yes, you get assistance and leniency regarding court procedures as a pro se litigant, in some jurisdictions.

At the worst, you're seen as an angry litigant that no one else wants to hire.

Aside from exceptional situations (e.g., being declared a vexatious litigant) you can always file a lawsuit.

The first, and overriding, concern is that a litigant has the right to any evidence that might prove his case.

> The jurisdiction is not even the litigant-friendly US, it is the UK...

I mean, all the articles describing the court case also refer to the very information that the litigant wanted to be removed from the search results.

It would seem that the outcome doesn't look so peachy for the litigant and they may be interested in the scorched earth path.

Canada recently did a rather robust housecleaning on pro se litigant tactics.

Quote examples

A litigant should not feel free to treat the district court proceeding lightly (as Lavabit seems to have done) in the hopes that it can prevail before the "real" court of appeals.

"But they handle tens of thousands of cases" should never be used as a defense in the death of a litigant -- a person.

All that said, when Soverain petitioned the Supreme Court for review of the Federal Circuit's decision, it was trying to undo what it perceived as an injustice done to it as a private litigant ("this is so unfair to us and to our valuable patent").

I've seen it done only once with my own eyes; Lawyer was disbarred, and the now-former lawyer "settled" the criminal charges as a pro-se litigant (which I didn't know was possible) by paying a fine (literally, writing a cheque in court), and walking out the door a free man.