litigant

noun
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/
(law法律)
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  1. a person who is making or defending a claim in court诉讼当事人Topics Law and justicec2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Latin litigant- ‘carrying on a lawsuit’, from the verb litigare from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.