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LITIGANT

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A party to a lawsuit; one engaged in litigation; usually spoken of active parties, not of nominal ones. … [Read more...]

LITTORAL

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Belonging to the shore, as of seas and great lakes. Webster. Corresponding to riparian proprietors on a stream or small pond are littoral proprietors on a sea or lake. But "riparian" is also used co extensively with "littoral." Commonwealth r. Alger, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 94. See Boston v. Lecraw, 17 How. 426, 15 L. Ed. 118. … [Read more...]

LITIGARE

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Latin meaning To litigate; to carry on a suit either as plaintiff or defendant; to claim or dispute by action; to test or try the validity of a claim by action. … [Read more...]

LITURA

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Lat. In the civil law. An obliteration or blot in a will or other instrument. Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1. … [Read more...]

LITIGATE

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To dispute in a court of law. The act of engaging in litigation, in engaging in adversarial proceedings. … [Read more...]

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