litigation

litigation [lit-i-gey-shuh n] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
2. a lawsuit.

Origin of litigation 1560–70; Late Latin lītigātiōn- (stem of lītigātiō) a dispute. See litigate, -ion Related formsnon·lit·i·ga·tion, nounpre·lit·i·ga·tion, nounre·lit·i·ga·tion, noun Related Words for litigations case, process, prosecution, trial, suit, action, lawsuit, dispute, cause, contention Examples from the Web for litigations Contemporary Examples of litigations

Campbell has successfully represented other clients in litigations against Adelson.

Sheldon Adelson, the Billionaire Who Bankrupted Me

John L. Smith

February 28, 2013

Historical Examples of litigations

Let the scene close on my litigations at Aix-la-Chapelle and Vienna.

The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck

Baron Trenck

Fairness and justice in suits and litigations were provided for.

Thirty Years’ View (Vol. I of 2)

Thomas Hart Benton

What is necessary is to cause the people to have no litigations (Legge).

A History of Chinese Literature

Herbert A. Giles

It was a long litigation, or rather a series of litigations.

Villainage in England

Paul Vinogradoff

They pursued him to the end, these litigations; or he pursued them!

The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature

Various

British Dictionary definitions for litigations litigation noun

1. the act or process of bringing or contesting a legal action in court
2. a judicial proceeding or contest

Word Origin and History for litigations litigation n.

1560s, “disputation,” from Late Latin litigationem (nominative litigatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin litigare “to dispute, quarrel, strive,” from phrase litem agere, from litem (nominative lis) “lawsuit, dispute, quarrel, strife” + agere “to drive, conduct” (see act). Meaning “act of carrying on a lawsuit” is from 1640s.