单词 | litigious |
释义 | litigiousadj. 1. Of persons, their actions, dispositions, and utterances. Thesaurus » Categories » a. Fond of disputes, contentious. Now rare. b. Fond of litigation; eager to go to law. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > litigious litigiousa1640 lawing1641 sue-happy1951 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. iii. 3 It bihoueth a byschop for to be..not litigious, or ful of stryf. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 285 Socrates hade ii. litigious and malicious wifes. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Biijv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens The other are all togyther stupydes, sturdy, & lytygious. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 97 The world is too-full of litigious, and barratous pennes. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxviii. 159 A doore was opened for other litigious pretenders to the Crown. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. E4v/1 'Tis some honest Client, Rich and litigious, the Curate has brought to me. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xvii. 159 This Philosophy is litigious, the very spawn of disputations and controversies. 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) ii. 51 A litigious prosecution of their suits. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vii. xiii. 161 If the Moment of Opinions had been by some litigious Divines made the Measure of their Zeal. 1793 E. Burke Observ. Conduct Minority in Wks. (1821) VII. 234 Objections which I must ever think litigious and sophistical. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 338 Lieut. Proctor is of a very litigious disposition. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. iii. xi. 373 They [Hindus] are very litigious... They will persevere in a law-suit till they are ruined. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 299 Sir Patrick Hume..had returned from exile, as litigious..as he had been four years before. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 601 Pine's grasping and litigious spirit had..given plenty of trouble in bygone days to Ralegh. 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 83 Play the litigious fool to stuff the mouth Of dikast with the due three-obol fee. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > engaged in litigation litigious1589 litigant1638 litigating1766 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxii. 143 He of Lancaster, and she of Yorke the heire. Of which letigious Famelies here mapped be the Lines. a. Open to dispute or question; disputable, questionable; productive of litigation or contention. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > productive of litigation litigious1520 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. C.j And in especyall that ye haue ended the lytigyose mater. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 41 To determine..dubious, and litigious questions insurging upon Moses' law. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xi. 194 The feast of Easter being..litigious in the days of Constantine. 1598 Sir T. Norreys in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 17 I feare the matter will prove very letigeus. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 336 The time of his birth seemeth to him to be litigious. 1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts To Rdr. 10 An Age..that hath almost lost Piety in the chase of some litigious Truths. b. Disputable at law; that is or is liable to become the subject of a lawsuit, esp. of a benefice (see quot. 1768). In Civil Law and Scots Law said esp. of property respecting which an action is pending, and which therefore may not be alienated. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > liable to an action at law pleadablec1455 actionala1475 pleable1494 suitablea1555 litigious1568 impleadable1576 issuable?1577 suable1596 actionablea1601 questionable1639 litigable1767 1568 in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 15 The rest, that is litigious and doubtful, to be equally divided. 1624 H. Bourgchier Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. lxxii. 314 Dr. Dee's [library]..hath been long litigious, and by that means unsold. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeeeeev/2 Thou hast put so sure a plea, that all my weal's litigious made by thee. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 388 The Earle of Desmond dying, leaves his Estate Litigious betwixt his Brother and Grand-child. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 55 Nor Marks nor Bounds Distinguish'd Acres of litigious Grounds. View more context for this quotation 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 246 If two presentations be offered to the bishop upon the same avoidance, the church is then said to become litigious. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 101 §159 No summons of reduction..shall have any effect in rendering litigious the lands..except [etc.]. 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 493 If the thing was not known to be litigious when purchased. 3. Of or pertaining to lawsuits or litigation. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] litigious1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. ii. 117 Certaine Doctours of the ciuil law were heard in a litigious cause betwixt a man and his wife. 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. B2v The barres of our latigious Courts had wont To crack with thronging pleaders. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 Pleasing thoughts of litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees. a1704 T. Brown To Author in Duke of Buckingham Wks. (1705) II. ii. 95 Scaffolds are rais'd in Litigious Hall, The Maces glitter, and the Serjeants Bawl. 1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 253. ⁋13 Your Knowledge in the litigious Parts of the Law. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 24 The fury of litigious war blew her horn on the mountains. 1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 71 A defendant, unjustly dragged into the litigious contention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1384 |
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