litigation (noun)
1litigation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ costly, expensive ▪ endless, lengthy, protracted ▪ complex ▪ potential, threatened …
2litigation — litigate lit‧i‧gate [ˈlɪtgeɪt] verb [intransitive, transitive] LAW to take a claim or complaint against a person or organization to a court of law: • He spent several weeks looking for the right lawyers to litigate the case …
3litigation — litigate ► VERB 1) go to law; be a party to a lawsuit. 2) take (a dispute) to a law court. DERIVATIVES litigation noun litigator noun. ORIGIN Latin litigare, from lis lawsuit …
4litigation — I noun action, case, cause, controversy, disputation, dispute, judicial contest, lawsuit, legal action, legal battle, legal contest, legal dispute, legal matter, legal proceeding, legal remedy, matter, proceeding, suit, suit at law, trial,… …
5litigation — noun /ˌlɪtəˈɡeɪʃən/ The conduct of a lawsuit There is ongoing litigation in this matter …
6litigation — 1560s, disputation, from L.L. litigationem (nom. litigatio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. litigare to dispute, quarrel, strive, from phrase litem agere, from litem (nom. lis) lawsuit, dispute, quarrel, strife + agere to drive, conduct (see… …
7litigation — noun his attorneys advised him to avoid the litigation that Comstock was suggesting Syn: legal proceedings, legal action, lawsuit, legal dispute, legal case, case, suit, prosecution, indictment …
8litigation — noun a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑judicial proceeding • Derivationally related forms: ↑litigious, ↑litigate • Topics: ↑law, ↑ …
9litigation — noun see litigate …
10litigation — noun (U) law the process of taking claims to a court of law, in a non criminal case …