Litigant

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One engaged in a suit; one fond of litigation. LITIGARE (Lat.) To litigate; to carry on a suit (litem agere), either as plaintiff or defendant; to claim or dispute by action; to test or try the validity of a claim by action.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A party to an action.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One engaged in a suit.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A party to a lawsuit; one engaged in litigation; usually spoken of active parties, not of nominal ones.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A person engaged in a law-suit; a party to a suit.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A party to a lawsuit; one engaged in litigation; usually spoken of act ive parties, not of nominal ones.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A party to a lawsuit. May mean either a plaintiff or defendant; but is usually spoken of active parties, not of nominal ones.