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litigant

noun as in defendant

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noun as in plaintiff

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noun as in respondent

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Example Sentences

Judges are not required to step aside in cases in which they own bonds in one of the parties or receive royalties from a litigant.

Historically, there is no single litigant more successful in the Supreme Court than the United States.

He had his share of brabbling with intricate litigant neighbors; quarrels now and then not to be settled without strokes.

He would frequently, against his own interest, persuade a litigant of the injustice of his case, and induce him to throw it up.

The worst cause cannot be so prejudicial to the litigant, as his advocate's or attorney's ignorance or neglect of these forms.

If the poor litigant succeeds in his proceedings, the unsuccessful party pays the costs.

No counsel was, therefore, at hand to be employed in the defense of a prisoner or litigant.

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On this page you'll find 160 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to litigant, such as: offender, prisoner, suspect, and appellant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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