litigate
verb (used with object)
to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
unlitigated
-
a word derived from
litigate.
Example Sentences
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An accomplished Lincoln scholar, he indicts the 16th president for waging an “undeclared, unlegislated, unlitigated and largely unchallenged war” on newspapers during the Civil War.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2020
Since the monument cases raise a previously unlitigated question concerning the separation of powers, they are, in all likelihood, headed for the Supreme Court.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
