Litigate
['lɪtɪgeɪt] or ['lɪtɪɡet]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To carry on a suit by judicial process.
Typist: Manfred
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Contest in law, defend in a lawsuit.
v. n. Dispute in law, carry on a lawsuit.
Edited by Karl
Definition
v.t. to contest in law.—v.i. to carry on a lawsuit.—adjs. Lit′igable that may be contested in law; Lit′igant contending at law: engaged in a lawsuit.—n. a person engaged in a lawsuit.—ns. Litigā′tion; Lit′igātor one who litigates; Litigios′ity Litig′iousness.—adj. Litig′ious inclined to engage in lawsuits: subject to contention.—adv. Litig′iously.
Edited by Karl