Sociology of Gender. In sociology, we make a distinction between sex and gender. Sex are the biological traits that societies use to assign people into the category of either male or female, whether it be through a focus on chromosomes, genitalia or some other physical ascription.
Define Litigants. Litigants synonyms, Litigants pronunciation, Litigants translation, English dictionary definition of Litigants. n. A party engaged in a lawsuit. adj. Engaged in a lawsuit. n a party to a lawsuit adj engaged in litigation n. 1. a person engaged in a lawsuit. adj.
Lat. At first sight; on the first appearance; on the face of it; so far as can be judged from the first disclosure; presumably. A litigating party is said to have a prima facie case when the evidence in his favor is sufficiently strong for his opponent to be called on to answer it. A prima facie case, then, is one which is established by sufficient evidence, and can be overthrown only by rebutting evidence adduced on the other side.