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engage in legal proceedings- I'm hoping we won't have to litigate the matter.
litigate = engage in legal proceedings
- I am trying to avoid litigation.
- So many litigants, at the same stage in their trials, have stood before me just like you are nowFranz Kafka -- The Trial
- After nine hours of listening to the eccentricities of Old Sarum's inhabitants, Judge Taylor threw the case out of court. ... and declared he hoped to God the litigants were satisfied by each having had their public say.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- He's a litigator who likes a fight.
- And there was litigation about an apartment uptown.Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
- The variance depends a little on luck and a great deal on the extent of litigation.Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
- As my editor put it once, publication equals litigation.Ian McEwan -- Atonement
- The phrase "in chancery," means in litigation, as an estate, in a court of equity.Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
- When the others find out about Mink's latest caper, there is a period of prolonged controversy, animosity, litigation and disgrace.Don DeLillo -- White Noise
- The university refused, and the samples were tied up in litigation for years.Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- It wasn't about my career as a litigator.Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
- Otherwise there would be no end to litigation.Albert Camus -- The Stranger
- Is Roger involved in any litigation right now?David Baldacci -- Zero Day
- After some litigation you would lose the ranch, but you would still be free.Louis L'Amour -- The Broken Gun
- Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is an objective rule of conduct, which they both accept.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- Tax specialists, litigation specialists, labor specialists, merger specialists, the works.John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
- His passion is for the British law, and he has spent a large fortune in litigation.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- In which court was this litigant's case?Robert Bolt -- A Man for All Seasons
- Anyway, down I came, from the penthouse to the street—lugging my litigation bag, of course—and a foot had fallen.Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
litigation = the process of a engaging in a lawsuit
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
litigants = people involved in a lawsuit
litigants = people involved in a lawsuit
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
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