The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word LITIGANT
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More clues leading to the result LITIGANT
- Literary books about caseless Wigan defendant?
- Party fringes in torment, ailing badly
- One may put his suit in a case, or vice versa
- Man in suit, some distance from China, chasing game soldier perhaps
- Party in the courtroom
- Manof action?
- Burning, single and dashing, all out to get engaged in a suit
- Person involved in case originally tailing leader of thieves
- One in suit altered tailoring wanting alternative tweed principally
- A party in action?
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The straight part
We know that "defendant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case defendant = litigant.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does LITIGANT mean?
LITIGANT noun- A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
- Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.