Litigant
81claimant — claim·ant / klā mənt/ n: one that asserts a claim esp. formally Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. claimant I …
82Costs lawyer — In English law, a costs lawyer is a legal professional concerned with legal costs who has attained rights of audience and rights to conduct costs litigation. Costs lawyers are concerned with all aspects of solicitor costs that are controlled by… …
83adversary — ad·ver·sary 1 / ad vər ˌser ē/ n: one that contends with or opposes another; esp: any of the opposing parties in a legal action adversary 2 adj: of, relating to, or involving opposing parties or interests; specif: of, relating to, or involving a… …
84suitor — suit·or / sü tər/ n 1: a party to a suit 2: one that seeks to take over a business approved the merger before the suitor obtained a 10% stake Wall Street Journal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
85contender — I noun adversary, adverse party, antagonist, appellant, applicant, arguer, aspirant, campaigner, candidate, challenger, charger, claimant, combatant, competitor, complainant, contestant, contester, controversialist, corrival, debater, denouncer,… …
86contestant — con·tes·tant n: one that initiates or participates in a contest Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. contestant I …
87disputant — I noun adversary, adverse party, antagonist, argumentative person, assailant, belligerent, caviler, combatant, contender, contestant, controversialist, controvertist, discussant, dissenter, litigant, objector, obstructionist, opponent, opposer,… …
88empty chair doctrine — Under this doctrine, a trial justice may charge a jury that it may infer from litigant s unexplained failure to produce an available witness who would be expected to give material testimony in litigant s behalf that witness, had he occupied empty …
89empty chair doctrine — Under this doctrine, a trial justice may charge a jury that it may infer from litigant s unexplained failure to produce an available witness who would be expected to give material testimony in litigant s behalf that witness, had he occupied empty …
90Jurisdiction — In law, jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning law and dicere meaning to speak ) is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and,… …
