litigate
to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
Archaic. to dispute (a point, assertion, etc.).
to carry on a lawsuit.
Origin of litigate
1Other words from litigate
- lit·i·ga·tive, adjective
- re·lit·i·gate, verb (used with object), re·lit·i·gat·ed, re·lit·i·gat·ing.
- un·lit·i·gat·ed, adjective
- un·lit·i·gat·ing, adjective
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How to use litigate in a sentence
Especially in heavily litigated Pennsylvania, courts upheld those changes.
Why Josh Hawley is atop the list of GOP lawmakers getting backlash over the Capitol riots | Amber Phillips | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostInstead they chose to litigate around the truth, pretending there was a legitimate path to overturning state results when the law made clear there wasn’t.
Republicans courted violence at the US Capitol by ignoring this key law | Roya Wolverson | January 8, 2021 | QuartzWhatever the decision is will be litigated because they’re going to fight it.
‘More petty fights between tech titans’: Confessions of a media buyer on Apple vs. Facebook, Google lawsuits | Kristina Monllos | December 18, 2020 | DigidayDon’t try to show him stuff or re-litigate his refusal to look.
Carolyn Hax: Cellphones push his buttons, and he pushes back | Carolyn Hax | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostStill, experts point out that these procedures are far from perfect, and some are still being litigated.
That it took 12 years to litigate without one does no credit to the legal system.
Did you get the impression that Cosby would litigate anything he found in your book to be controversial?
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters | Scott Porch | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInnocence is not a basis for appealing and we could not re-litigate innocence on appeal.
Our super-rich can litigate and settle their way out of charges we peons could never escape.
Rather than embrace the future, the two sides endlessly litigate the past.
Fiscal Cliff Stalemate Needs Two-Party Solution | Daniel Gross | December 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe would not approve of her accepting the hand of a man who would be resolved to litigate this matter with him.
Miss Mackenzie | Anthony TrollopeThey cannot come into court to litigate their claims, nor can a court decide on them.
The Life of John Marshall (Volume 2 of 4) | Albert J. BeveridgeThey are now protected by the treaty, but we will litigate them out of all their grants.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas | Richard Henry SavageBut so long as it's nobody but Goshorn, I'm goin' to stay and litigate the question till the Millerite millennium comes.
The End Of The World | Edward EgglestonMany litigate in court, not that they may gain anything, but that they may harass others.
An Essay on the Trial by Jury | Lysander Spooner
British Dictionary definitions for litigate
/ (ˈlɪtɪˌɡeɪt) /
to bring or contest (a claim, action, etc) in a lawsuit
(intr) to engage in legal proceedings
Origin of litigate
1Derived forms of litigate
- litigator, noun
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