All 9 Uses
litigate
in
The Trial, by Fran Kafka
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- We, that's to say all of us who work in the offices here, we decided that the information-giver would have to be elegantly dressed as he continually has to deal with the litigants and he's the first one they meet, so he needs to give a dignified first impression.†
Chpt 3litigants = people involved in a lawsuit
- As the management here is rather peculiar in this respect, and they would get them for us, we had a collection — some of the litigants contributed too — and bought him these lovely clothes and some others besides.†
Chpt 3
- It's not really his job to help litigants outside if they're unwell but he's doing it anyway, as you can see.†
Chpt 3
- "He's very good with the litigants," whispered the girl.†
Chpt 3
- He felt as if he were on a ship in a rough sea, as if the water were hitting against the wooden walls, a thundering from the depths of the corridor as if the torrent were crashing over it, as if the corridor were swaying and the waiting litigants on each side of it rising and sinking.†
Chpt 3
- The lawyers' room is on the second floor of the attic; if your foot does go through it will hang down into the first floor of the attic underneath it, and right in the corridor where the litigants are waiting.†
Chpt 7
- Bearing all this in mind, does it still surprise K. that the officials are irritated and often express themselves about the litigants in unflattering ways — which is an experience shared by everyone.†
Chpt 7
- So many litigants, at the same stage in their trials, have stood before me just like you are now
Chpt 8 *
- "Then these other litigants," said K., "have all been right, just as I am.†
Chpt 8
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)