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litigant

/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

A person involved in a lawsuit.

Both litigants agreed to mediation.

Similar: party, claimant

Origin: Latin litigare 'to dispute'.

Topic: Litigation in Legal English

Business noun

A party involved in a lawsuit.

Each litigant was ordered to bear its own legal costs regardless of the outcome.

Similar: party, claimant

Topic: Negotiation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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