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单词 litigate
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Definition of litigate in English:

litigate

verb ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtˈlɪdəˌɡeɪt
[no object]
  • 1Resort to legal action to settle a matter; be involved in a lawsuit.

    the plaintiff is prepared to litigate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is expensive to litigate in defamation, even in the smaller cases, let alone monster cases like this.
    • It may also help some who have insisted on litigating, but don't really want to, to be able to accept the Fund offer without, at the same time, feeling they are sacrificing their right to know.
    • One does not take away that choice by permitting, encouraging or preventing the exhortation of the citizen to litigate or not to litigate.
    • It would not be fair or reasonable to force the Plaintiffs to continue to litigate against their will merely on the basis that they commenced a class proceeding.
    • At the same time, the church has every incentive to litigate, because the litigation is cost-free.
    • To begin with, prisoners are among the least lucrative of clients, and certainly the least sympathetic to juries, so that few lawyers are willing to litigate on their behalf.
    • After all, the very reason why parties conclude an arbitration agreement is because they do not wish to litigate in the Courts.
    • Men plow fields, cut grain, litigate in court, and serve in the local militia.
    • A purpose of pre-action disclosure is to assist those who need disclosure as a vital step in deciding whether to litigate at all or to provide a vital ingredient in the pleading of their case.
    • And as it found, litigating against the government's antitrust legal eagles can be a long, drawn-out affair.
    • I could not litigate under the Trade Practices Act before this Court of law because I would be duplicating the proceeding.
    • They do not need a power which deprives a litigant of his right to litigate.
    • It is not an abuse of process merely to require a litigant to litigate in a tribunal of a Convention country if that tribunal in fact has jurisdiction under the convention.
    • Between 1998 and 2000, she litigated seven sweat-patch cases on behalf of clients accused of violating their supervised release by using drugs.
    • As well the added burden of Ms Cook's ill health caused her to be disinclined to litigate.
    • You have a very limited right of appeal on a point of law, or the wrongful reception of evidence, not the general appeal that you would have had if you had litigated in the Supreme Court of South Australia.
    • Tenants have a statutory right to litigate and the Roberts were entitled to regard that right jealously.
    • We can win it only if we do not force our forces to fight in a legal fog, constantly speculating and litigating piecemeal about what the law might be.
    • The jurisdiction point having been abandoned by negotiations, the parties would have been free to litigate in whatever jurisdiction was willing to accept jurisdiction for the proceedings.
    • The Claimant would then have to litigate in England against the English Defendant and in Germany against the German Defendant.
    Synonyms
    oppose, object to, challenge, dispute, take a stand against, resist, defy, strive against, struggle against, take issue with
    1. 1.1with object Take (a claim or a dispute) to a law court.
      even a claim which is litigated and defended successfully involves high legal costs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Many of the issues litigated in the family justice system require open and public debate in the media.
      • It would be an abuse of process to litigate these claims again in Ontario.
      • Their decision not to litigate the claim was deliberate.
      • I need legal representation to litigate this matter.
      • The bankruptcy does not affect his ability to litigate such claims.
      • However, as more private investment groups invest in litigation support, the issue has begun to get litigated more and more.
      • Most of the new rules allocate parental status without the need to litigate the issue.
      • The question of whether employees can sign away their rights to litigate wage claims collectively is not going away.
      • This treaty addresses many liability issues that attorneys would be involved in litigating.
      • That is a matter which lies at the heart of the very issue that the appellant seeks to litigate and for that reason it is not a fact which should be relied upon on a summary judgment application.
      • The test is not what would have happened had the matter been litigated.
      • This is the sole issue that that organisation really could litigate in the courts.
      • Now, let's say litigating the case has gone beyond those 100 hours.
      • Clients are free to reject the advice and insist that cases be litigated.
      • They remove the presumption of innocence, they remove an accused person's right to have the matter litigated in court, it removes the State's obligation to prove a case beyond reasonable doubt.
      • These paragraphs, as pleaded, are the framework within which that court foresaw the spoliation issues being litigated.
      • It would be mischievous to continue to litigate, pending arbitration, matters which depend so much on the facts which form the basis of the arbitration.
      • I think it is, your Honour, but that issue was never litigated.
      • Instead of fighting it and litigating every claim, they start with an apology and move to mediation.

Derivatives

  • litigable

  • adjective ˈlɪtɪɡəb(ə)l
  • litigator

  • noun
    • In these battles where the government is on their side, public interest litigators for right-leaning organizations are hardly standing alone with a slingshot.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Good faith efforts aren't what litigators fight for: They want court orders that mandate concrete results.
      • He is 45 and makes his living as a corporate litigator handling contracts and corporate shareholder disputes.
      • They are for the external direction of litigants and litigators.
      • But for ten years she was a litigator, acting mostly for defendants.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin litigat- 'disputed in a lawsuit', from the verb litigare, from lis, lit- 'lawsuit'.

Rhymes

mitigate
 
 

Definition of litigate in US English:

litigate

verbˈlidəˌɡātˈlɪdəˌɡeɪt
[no object]
  • 1Go to law; be a party to a lawsuit.

    the plaintiff is prepared to litigate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To begin with, prisoners are among the least lucrative of clients, and certainly the least sympathetic to juries, so that few lawyers are willing to litigate on their behalf.
    • You have a very limited right of appeal on a point of law, or the wrongful reception of evidence, not the general appeal that you would have had if you had litigated in the Supreme Court of South Australia.
    • The Claimant would then have to litigate in England against the English Defendant and in Germany against the German Defendant.
    • After all, the very reason why parties conclude an arbitration agreement is because they do not wish to litigate in the Courts.
    • It is expensive to litigate in defamation, even in the smaller cases, let alone monster cases like this.
    • We can win it only if we do not force our forces to fight in a legal fog, constantly speculating and litigating piecemeal about what the law might be.
    • And as it found, litigating against the government's antitrust legal eagles can be a long, drawn-out affair.
    • One does not take away that choice by permitting, encouraging or preventing the exhortation of the citizen to litigate or not to litigate.
    • It may also help some who have insisted on litigating, but don't really want to, to be able to accept the Fund offer without, at the same time, feeling they are sacrificing their right to know.
    • At the same time, the church has every incentive to litigate, because the litigation is cost-free.
    • It would not be fair or reasonable to force the Plaintiffs to continue to litigate against their will merely on the basis that they commenced a class proceeding.
    • I could not litigate under the Trade Practices Act before this Court of law because I would be duplicating the proceeding.
    • The jurisdiction point having been abandoned by negotiations, the parties would have been free to litigate in whatever jurisdiction was willing to accept jurisdiction for the proceedings.
    • They do not need a power which deprives a litigant of his right to litigate.
    • Men plow fields, cut grain, litigate in court, and serve in the local militia.
    • A purpose of pre-action disclosure is to assist those who need disclosure as a vital step in deciding whether to litigate at all or to provide a vital ingredient in the pleading of their case.
    • It is not an abuse of process merely to require a litigant to litigate in a tribunal of a Convention country if that tribunal in fact has jurisdiction under the convention.
    • As well the added burden of Ms Cook's ill health caused her to be disinclined to litigate.
    • Tenants have a statutory right to litigate and the Roberts were entitled to regard that right jealously.
    • Between 1998 and 2000, she litigated seven sweat-patch cases on behalf of clients accused of violating their supervised release by using drugs.
    Synonyms
    oppose, object to, challenge, dispute, take a stand against, resist, defy, strive against, struggle against, take issue with
    1. 1.1with object Take (a claim or a dispute) to a court of law.
      even a claim which is litigated and defended successfully involves high legal costs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The bankruptcy does not affect his ability to litigate such claims.
      • Most of the new rules allocate parental status without the need to litigate the issue.
      • Now, let's say litigating the case has gone beyond those 100 hours.
      • These paragraphs, as pleaded, are the framework within which that court foresaw the spoliation issues being litigated.
      • Clients are free to reject the advice and insist that cases be litigated.
      • The test is not what would have happened had the matter been litigated.
      • It would be mischievous to continue to litigate, pending arbitration, matters which depend so much on the facts which form the basis of the arbitration.
      • They remove the presumption of innocence, they remove an accused person's right to have the matter litigated in court, it removes the State's obligation to prove a case beyond reasonable doubt.
      • Instead of fighting it and litigating every claim, they start with an apology and move to mediation.
      • It would be an abuse of process to litigate these claims again in Ontario.
      • This treaty addresses many liability issues that attorneys would be involved in litigating.
      • That is a matter which lies at the heart of the very issue that the appellant seeks to litigate and for that reason it is not a fact which should be relied upon on a summary judgment application.
      • Many of the issues litigated in the family justice system require open and public debate in the media.
      • However, as more private investment groups invest in litigation support, the issue has begun to get litigated more and more.
      • Their decision not to litigate the claim was deliberate.
      • I need legal representation to litigate this matter.
      • The question of whether employees can sign away their rights to litigate wage claims collectively is not going away.
      • I think it is, your Honour, but that issue was never litigated.
      • This is the sole issue that that organisation really could litigate in the courts.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin litigat- ‘disputed in a lawsuit’, from the verb litigare, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.

 
 
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