Crossword clues for litigate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Litigate \Lit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Litigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Litigating.] [See Litigation.] 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.
Litigate \Lit"i*gate\, v. i. To carry on a suit by judicial process.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from Middle French litigier and directly from Latin litigatus, past participle of litigare "to dispute, carry on a suit" (see litigation). Related: Litigated; litigating.
Wiktionary
vb. (label en intransitive construed with '''on''') to go to law
WordNet
Usage examples of "litigate".
The most frequently litigated types of administrative action embracing the latter issue have been determinations to withhold issuance of, or to revoke, an occupational license, or to impound or destroy property believed to be dangerous to public health, morals, or safety.
Kendall was opposed to bringing in Bennett because Kendall liked to litigate behind closed doors.
All in all, this courtroom seemed an odd place to litigate complex issues of biotechnology, but that was what they had been doing for the past two weeks inFrank M.
The issue arose directly in the long and much litigated case between Virginia and West Virginia over the proportion of the State debt of original Virginia owed by West Virginia after its separate admission to the Union under a compact which provided that West Virginia assume a share of the debt.
Also, when the matter of fact or law on which jurisdiction depends was not litigated in the original suit, it is a matter to be adjudicated in the suit founded upon the judgment.
All questions that concern more than one State, or that are litigated between citizens of different States, or which are international in their bearing, come before the national judges.
This court can give no opinion to any department of the government, nor can it decide upon or influence any subject that has not come before it as a regularly litigated case in law.
Sure I had the privilege of litigating a number of precedent-setting cases that had advanced a number of good causes.
The dreams had been boundless back then, father and son litigating together as the money poured in.
His tie was loose, his sleeves rolled up, his desk covered with files and papers as if he were litigating on many fronts.
I remember again how the Judge always demanded the names of the principals behind the shell companies litigating before him, and how few dared resist the demand.
Leave the saucer hidden and boogie for a week or so, giving Egg and Olie time to litigate?
It's said that a lawyer who litigates against a friend is likely to end up one friend short.
His tie was loose, his sleeves rolled up, his desk covered with files and papers as if he were litigating on many fronts.
Taylor and a majority of commissioners said settling the case now was cheaper than litigating it for years.