disputant

He was considered one of the best disputants in the university.

Behind him he heard the two backseat disputants doing the same.

He approached the disputants, showing some money of his own.

The disputants are then given uninterrupted time to state their cases.

Try other steps first, including discussion between disputants and, where appropriate, mediation.

However, some disputants will not reach agreement through a collaborative processes.

Many disputants may not wish to prejudice their cases in this manner.

If my father had lived I believe it would be going on now, for both the disputants were quite inexhaustible.

About 1,500 mediation sessions have been held involving 4,000 student "disputants."

His preferred role is that of the conciliator between disputants.

At least the disputants have steered clear of literary warfare.

One of the disputants is killed in a duel with pistols.

In any case, the educational value of the programs, for both disputants and mediators, is obvious.

Clearly, they would not solve a territorial dispute with only one of the disputants present.

He interrupted the disputants with a polite smile and waved them away.

In 1952, she and 1,414 other disputants from her community demanded to be entered into the voters' register.

This is a complex, emotional issue and all the disputants are animated by the best of intentions.

Consider having the mediator meet the disputants prior to the mediation meeting.

The disputants were obliged to be content with that.

First, the arbitrator's decision is for the disputants a reason for action.

We cannot imagine what section of the disputants could find it to their interest to arm their men.

The disputants treated each other badly, but were afterwards reconciled.

"Isaac never trusted Abraham again," argues one of the disputants.

His bellow shook the room, and the disputants jerked around as one to stare at him.

But if only one of the disputants is Indian, state courts may have a concurrent or even exclusive right to hear the case.