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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RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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