litigant
li ti guhnt
- n (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation
plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants
- In a tangential revelation Friday, it turns out that Ricci is not a reluctant litigant.
- Yet in the months since it scored a big cash investment from erstwhile litigant BMG (courtesy of parent Bertelsmann) it's been mummer than mum about how the project is actually .
- If a litigant lacks standing, that means the governmental actioneven if theoretically unconstitutionalcannot be challenged in court.