litigation


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
litigate /ˈlɪtɪgeɪt/
verb go to law; be a party to a lawsuit.

■ take (a dispute) to a law court.

– derivatives
litigation noun,
litigator noun.
– origin C17 (earlier (C16) as litigation): from L. litigat-, litigare ‘to dispute in a lawsuit’, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.
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