There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
LITIGATE
action, sue, litigate, process
(verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; “He was warned that the district attorney would process him”; “She actioned the company for discrimination”
litigate
(verb) engage in legal proceedings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
litigate (third-person singular simple present litigates, present participle litigating, simple past and past participle litigated)
(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
(transitive) To contest in law.
(transitive, transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.
Source: Wiktionary
Lit"i*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Litigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Litigating.] Etym: [See Litigation.]
Definition: To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.
Lit"i*gate, v. i.
Definition: To carry on a suit by judicial process.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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