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What is the difference between litigant and defendant?

litigant | defendant | Hypernyms |

Defendant is a hypernym of litigant.



In lang=en terms the difference between litigant and defendant

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 defendant is in criminal proceedings, the accused.

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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    defendant

    English

    (wikipedia defendant)

    Alternative forms

    * defendaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
  • (legal) In criminal proceedings, the accused.

    • Antonyms

    * (in civil proceedings) plaintiff * (in criminal proceedings) prosecutor

    Hypernyms

    * litigant

    Related terms

    * respondent

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.
  • * Shakespeare
    • With men of courage and with means defendant .
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