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litigator

[ lit-i-gey-ter ]

noun

  1. a courtroom lawyer.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of litigator1

First recorded in 1900–05; litigate ( def ) + -or 2( def )
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Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” at the Super Bowl likely won’t change much in Drake’s efforts to sue UMG, said Ken White, a renowned 1st Amendment litigator who spoke to The Times in January.

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Given that choice — between principle and profits — many high-powered litigators have collapsed like a cheap umbrella.

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"Acquisitions to improve and grow" have never been found unlawful, Meta's lead litigator, said on Monday, "and they should not be found unlawful here".

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Hochman said, instead, that he planned on making death penalty decisions both more rapidly and with a multilayered process that would involve not just prosecutors, but also allow defense litigators to argue mitigating factors.

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As the district's top prosecutor, she oversaw a staff about 300 prosecutors, litigators and support staff.

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doeslitigator mean?

A litigator is a lawyer, especially one who specializes in civil cases.

To litigate is to engage in a legal proceeding, such as a lawsuit. It can mean to bring a lawsuit or to contest one. The word especially refers to what litigators do in such a proceeding.

Less commonly, litigator can refer to a person engaged in a lawsuit. However, a more common word for this is litigant.

The process of engaging in a legal proceeding is called litigation. To be in litigation typically means to be engaged in a civil legal proceeding (as opposed to a criminal one, in which one is said to be on trial).

Example: He was a prominent litigator in the ’80s before he became a prosecutor.

Where doeslitigator come from?

The first records of the word litigator come from the early 1900s. It ultimately derives from the Latin verb īپ, meaning “to go to law,” from ī- (a stem of ī, meaning “lawsuit”) and agere, “to carry on.”

Litigators litigate, and litigating often takes the form of carrying on a lawsuit. Litigation is often expensive and time-consuming (which might be good for the litigators but not so much for their clients). For this reason, people often try to avoid litigation when they’re on the wrong end of a lawsuit. Some choose to go through arbitration, which is a process in which a third party helps to settle the dispute.

Those who do engage in litigation and present their cases in court can still agree to settle before a decision is reached by the court—meaning they agree to stop litigating and come to a deal on their own (though often still with the help of the litigators).

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How islitigator used in real life?

Litigator is a common way of referring to lawyers who work on civil cases, especially lawsuits.

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’s the difference between a litigator and an alligator?

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