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litigate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈlitəˌgāt/,
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litigates, 3rd person singular present; litigated, past participle; litigating, present participle; litigated, past tense;
  1. Go to law; be a party to a lawsuit

  2. Take (a claim or a dispute) to a court of law

  1. engage in legal proceedings
  2. action: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  3. (litigation) a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
  4. To go to law
  5. (litigation) The conduct of a lawsuit
  6. Litigated is the settlement of a controversy by a judge in the civil justice system.   top
  7. (litigating) Generally, bringing a lawsuit against an individual or organization. Interest groups use litigation as a tactic to pursue the interests of their members.
  8. (Litigation) A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  9. (Litigation) A dispute is in "litigation" ( or being "litigated") when it has become the subject of a formal court action or law suit.
  10. (Litigation) A civil action in which a controversy is brought before the court.
  11. (Litigation) The process of resolving a dispute in court.
  12. (Litigation) The process by which parties oppose one another in a legal dispute heard by a court.
  13. (LITIGATION) A lawsuit or legal action.
  14. Litigation is the process of bringing forward or defending a case before a judge or administrative tribunal.
  15. Litigation is the use or threat of court proceedings.
  16. (LITIGATION) All legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Contract shall be brought solely in the province of Quebec, and Buyer expressly submits to the jurisdiction of said courts and Buyer consents to extra-territorial service of process. ...
  17. (LITIGATION) This is a law suit, a contest in court, designed to resolve a controversy between two or more parties, or between the state and one or more parties. Each side to such a contest is permitted to present its evidence and to argue is case. ...
  18. (Litigation) A civil action brought before a court in which the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy. One or more defendants respond to the plaintiff's grievance and to either agree to compensate the plaintiff or they will choose to defend themselves and their actions to avoid compensating the plaintiff.
  19. (Litigation) A court action and the use of the court system to determine the outcome of contested issues.
  20. (Litigation) A lawsuit through which a party(s) choose to take their case to court as the preferred method of conflict resolution. A Litigant is a party engaged in a lawsuit.
  21. (Litigation) A machine you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage. Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Word Book(1906), subsequently titled The Devil's Dictionary
  22. (Litigation) A method of dispute settlement involving an impartial third party hearing arguments on both sides and issuing a judgment. Litigation is an adversarial and usually public process that tends to create a winner and loser.
  23. (Litigation) Actions which are generally resolved through the courts.
  24. (Litigation) Another name for a law suit or legal action. The process of consulting lawyers, preparing lawsuits, drafting pleadings, serving pleadings on the other side, filing pleadings with the court, gathering evidence, preparing for court, appearing for court, challenging rulings of the ...