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Vexatious suit
Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See Vexation.]
Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. ``Continual vexatious wars.''
--South.-
Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.
He leads a vexatious life.
--Sir K. Digby.Vexatious suit (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause. [1913 Webster] -- Vex*a"tious*ly, adv. -- Vex*a"tious*ness, n.
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vexatious suit
n. (context legal English) A suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause.
Usage examples of "vexatious suit".
Augustin frequently mentions his great wealth, as also this vexatious suit, whereby he was harassed(C.