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Litigated

(construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

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verb
  1. 1

    (construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

  2. 2

    To contest in law.

  3. 3

    (transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.

    "you can't keep litigating this same point!"

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disputedArgued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
reviewverbTo write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
scopeverb(programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
settledverbComfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
slicedThat has been cut into slices.
litigationsnoun(law) The conduct of a lawsuit.
litigantnoun(law) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
litigious(law) Inclined to engage in lawsuits.
litigantsnoun(law) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
law suitnounArchaic form of lawsuit. [(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.]
litigiousnessnounProperty of being litigious, of tending to resort to legal means such as lawsuits.
lawsuitnoun(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
lawsuitsnoun(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
legal proceedingan activity that seeks to invoke the power of a tribunal in order to enforce a law.
civil actionnoun(law) In the United States, a lawsuit between private parties, including an action by a private person against a government entity, which will be treated as a private party by the court.
prosecutedverb(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
suingverbThe act of one who sues for something.
legal actionnounLegal proceedings; a lawsuit.
adjudicatedverb(transitive) To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.
plaintiffsnoun(law, UK historical, otherwise current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

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