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Deponent vs Litigant - What's the difference?

deponent | litigant |

In legal|lang=en terms the difference between deponent and litigant

is that deponent is (legal) a witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her while litigant is (legal) a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

As adjectives the difference between deponent and litigant

is that deponent is having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning (such verbs, originally reflexive, are considered to have laid aside their passive meanings) while litigant is disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.

As nouns the difference between deponent and litigant

is that deponent is (legal) a witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her while litigant is (legal) a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

deponent

English

Adjective

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  • Having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning. (Such verbs, originally reflexive, are considered to have laid aside their passive meanings.)

    • See also

    * * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
  • (grammar) A verb.

    • Related terms

    * depose * deposition * deposition de bene esse

    See also

    * affiant * de bene esse ----

    litigant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.
    • the parties litigant
    (Ayliffe)
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