litigation (noun)
11litigation — noun Syn: legal/judicial proceedings, legal action, lawsuit, legal dispute, legal case, prosecution, indictment …
12litigation — lit|i|ga|tion [ ,lıtı geıʃn ] noun uncount use of the legal system to settle a disagreement: The claim is currently in litigation …
13litigation — UK [ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] legal use of the legal system to settle a disagreement The claim is currently in litigation …
14litigation — [ˌlɪtɪˈgeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] use of the legal system to settle a disagreement …
15litigation — /lɪtəˈgeɪʃən/ (say lituh gayshuhn) noun 1. the process of litigating. 2. → lawsuit …
16litigation — /ˌlɪtɪ geɪʃ(ə)n/ noun the bringing of a lawsuit against someone …
17vexatious litigation — noun litigation shown to have been instituted maliciously and without probable cause he got an injunction against vexatious litigation by his enemies • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑litigation, ↑judicial proceeding …
18commercial litigation — UK US noun [U] LAW ► a situation in which one company takes legal action against another: »He told the commercial litigation lawyers to be prepared to sue for breach of contract …
19Common noun — Common Com mon, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low …
20litigate — [ lɪtɪgeɪt] verb go to law; be a party to a lawsuit. ↘take (a dispute) to a law court. Derivatives litigation noun litigator noun Origin C17 (earlier (C16) as litigation): from L. litigat , litigare to dispute in a lawsuit , from lis, lit lawsuit …
