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.
Ex rel. is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase  ex relatione  (meaning [arising] out of the narration [of the relator]). The term is a legal phrase most commonly used when a government brings a cause of action upon the request of a private party who has some interest in the matter. The private party is called the relator in such a case.