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Litigant vs Arbitration - What's the difference?

litigant | arbitration |

As nouns the difference between litigant and arbitration

is that litigant is a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit while arbitration is the act or process of arbitrating.

As an adjective litigant

is disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.

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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    arbitration

    English

    Noun

  • The act or process of arbitrating.
  • A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
  • In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.