litigant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person or organization that is a party to a lawsuit

   Each litigant was given an opportunity to present evidence to the court.

From French litigant and Latin litigans, the present participle of litigare ("to dispute or go to law"). Latin litigare combines lis, genitive litis ("dispute, lawsuit"), with agere ("to drive, conduct").

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