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(law) a party to a lawsuit
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litigator
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Word definitions for litigator in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Litigator \Lit"i*ga`tor\, n. [L.] One who litigates.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation; "plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants" [syn: litigant ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
agent noun from Latin litigare (see litigation ). Latin litigator meant "a party to a lawsuit; litigant."
Usage examples of litigator.
Here I was, a tired old litigator who had sold everything from my racehorse to my Rolex, and had packed all that remained into a large rucksack that would be my constant companion as I ventured into the timeless traditions of the East.
The judge disagreed with your interpretation of the law, the litigator on the other side belonged in a cage, and your client was more than a little annoyed with your performance.
When I was a litigator, I actually saw lawyers who were scared of stepping into court.
Actually, his transformation from a sickly old litigator to a radiant, energetic philosopher was nothing less than miraculous.
In my days as a litigator, I lived off of a steady diet of steaks, fries and other types of junk food.
Through the course of this strange yet inspiring evening I had gone from being a skeptical litigator carefully studying a hotshot lawyer-turned yogi to a believer whose eyes had been opened for the first time in many years.
His transformation from a frail old litigator to a vital, young Adonis was not brought about by a simple change in his diet and a daily dose of some quick-fix exercise plan.
All I knew of Julian was that he had been a superstar litigator who hung out with the rich and the beautiful.
The money would come later, when he was a battle-hardened litigator at a very young age.
He picked the toughest cases, won most of them, and by the age of forty was a litigator with a wide reputation.
I learned that lesson long ago the hard way, when I was an upscale defense attorney with an infatuation for the civil litigator down the hall.
I used to believe in the law until I realized that the people behind it -- me and that civil litigator -- were just as flawed as the people before it.
Jane Venable before him, Vail had little respect for Yancey as a litigator but liked him personally.
Since he was not a practicing litigator, Quinn was not caught up in the mumbo jumbo of the legal profession.
Alex was thirty-two, a successful litigator, a junior partner in her law firm.