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lit⋅i⋅gant

  [lit-i-guhnt]
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–noun
1. a person engaged in a lawsuit.
–adjective
2. litigating; engaged in a lawsuit.
Origin:
1630–40; < L lītigant- (s. of lītigāns, prp. of lītigāre to go to law), equiv. to līt- (s. of līs) a lawsuit + -ig- (comb. form of agere to carry on) + -ant- -ant
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lit·i·gant   (lĭt'ĭ-gənt)   
n.  A party engaged in a lawsuit.
adj.  Engaged in a lawsuit.

[French, from Old French, from Latin lītigāns, lītigant-, a disputant, from present participle of lītigāre, to bring suit; see litigate.]
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Main Entry: lit·i·gant
Pronunciation: 'li-ti-g&nt
Function: noun
: an active party to litigation —litigant adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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