Crossword clues for litigious
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Litigious \Li*ti"gious\, a. [L. litigiosus, fr. litigium dispute, quarrel, fr. litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See Litigation.]
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Inclined to initiate lawsuits; given to the practice of contending in law; fond of litigation. `` A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client.''
--Macaulay.Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who quarrels move.
--Donne. Hence: Quarrelsome; contentious; argumentative.
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Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.
--Shak.No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished acres of litigious grounds.
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Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar.
--Young.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "fond of disputes," from Middle French litigieux and directly from Latin litigiosus "contentious, quarrelsome," from litigium "dispute, strife," related to litigare (see litigation). Meaning "fond of engaging in lawsuits" is from 1620s. Earlier in English than litigate or litigation. Related: Litigiousness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or relating to litigation. 2 Inclined to engage in lawsuits. 3 argumentative or combative.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to litigation
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious, disputatious, disputative]
Usage examples of "litigious".
In the USA, the backlash against digital content piracy and plagiarism has reached preposterous legal, litigious and technological nadirs.
Among these folk, good folk, despite litigious and whiskey-loving ways, I was not welcome.
I avoided talking about Maynard whenever possible, not least because any slanderous thing I might say might drift back to his litigious ears.
They vary in scale from the single tiresome litigious individual with an old-fashioned clutching mind, through a long range of associations, cities and provincial councils, to the resuscitated sovereign governments of the war period.
He was an excessively litigious divorce lawyer who rarely appeared at social events.
Her litigious husband had aggressively positioned himself at the steering wheel.
The Itekkillykx were a fractious litigious bunch, but the Gurns were the best managed of any on Rallen, high standards of courtesy and competence demanded of all, from the most minor clerks to the High Justicer herself.
They were by sheer preoccupation with that a peaceful people, more particularly after Wilkes, the house agent, driven by some obsolete dream of acquisition, had been drowned in the pool by the ruined gas-works for making inquiries into title and displaying a litigious turn of mind.
Who in his right mind would want to king it over a litigious, cantankerous, self-willed lot of Romans?
Under the current litigious climate, Jeffrey had not been surprised by the lawsuit, except perhaps by the speed.
If delivering babies to barren couples was the most lucrative of professions, obstetrics in general was the most litigious.
Among these folk, good folk, despite litigious and whiskey-loving ways, I was not welcome.