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litis-contestation Civil and Scots Law.|ˌlaɪtɪskɒntɛsˈteɪʃən|
Also 9 in compound form liticontestation.
[ad. L. lītis (gen. of līs lawsuit) contestātiōn-em (n. of action f. contestārī to take or call to witness).]
The formal entry of a suit in a court of law.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 276/8 And fra litiscontestacioun be, the plede is begunnyn. c1575Balfour's Practicks (1754) 30 Quhilk day being come, the defendar sall mak litiscontestatioun. 1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 446 By the common rules of the law, where no litiscontestation is past..no witnesse should be receiued. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 265 Before Litis-contestation, the Defender may crave Protestation against the Pursuer for not insisting. 1802Bentham Princ. Judic. Proced. Introd., Wks. 1843 II. 7 Expense of liticontestation, defrayed as far as possible by the public. 1880Muirhead Gaius iii. §180 An obligation is extinguished by litiscontestation or joinder of issue. |