The Only Use
litigate
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- 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.
p. 188.3litigants = people involved in a lawsuit
Definitions:
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(1)
(litigate) use a court to settle a disagreement with force of law
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)