Definition of Litigate. Meaning of Litigate. Synonyms of Litigate

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Definition of Litigate

Litigate
Litigate Lit"i*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Litigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Litigating.] [See Litigation.] 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.
Litigate
Litigate Lit"i*gate, v. i. To carry on a suit by judicial process.

Meaning of Litigate from wikipedia

- defendants are called litigants and the attorneys representing them are called litigators. The term litigation may also refer to the conducting of criminal actions...
- The Litigators is a 2011 legal thriller novel by John Grisham, his 25th fiction novel overall. The Litigators is about a two-partner Chicago law firm...
- and that once the state has set an execution date death-row inmates may litigate their competency to be executed in habeas corpus proceedings. This decision...
- Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought solely to har**** or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may...
- Civil law is a major "branch of the law", in common law legal systems such as those in England and Wales and in the United States, where it stands in contrast...
- Marie Therese Henein KC (born 1966) is a Canadian civil litigator and criminal defence lawyer. She is a partner of Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP, a...
- party cannot litigate the same issue in a subsequent action. Issue preclusion means that a party in a previous proceeding cannot litigate an identical...
- relativity and m****-energy equivalence. Einstein's right of publicity was litigated in 2015 in a federal district court in California. Although the court...
- overuse or abuse of judicial resources. Parties may be estopped from litigating determinations on issues made in prior actions. The determination may...
- 2018 showed that ca. 25% of these patents end up litigated in courts, but only 26% of these litigated patents are invalidated, well below the overall patent...