Definition of litigious in English:

litigious

adjective lɪˈtɪdʒəsləˈtɪdʒəs

1Tending or too ready to take legal action to settle disputes.
our increasingly litigious society
Example sentencesExamples
- Englishmen were notoriously litigious, but that represented a willingness to submit to the arbitration of the king's courts.
- I've never considered a contract, but I don't live in a hugely litigious society.
- Ireland might hold the unenviable title of being the most litigious country in the world.
- The NFL is the most litigious league of all the professional sports.
- All electronic communication, regardless of the medium, is now potential evidentiary fact in our litigious society.
- On the subject of suing, does he think the media culture today is becoming overly litigious?
- We know that we are a highly litigious nation.
- But also a long-term cultural shift towards a more litigious society.
- Our increasingly litigious society could also have serious consequences for dog owners.
- Local landowners are well aware of their rights over land and highly litigious when they are aggrieved.
- And all we're wanting to do is ensure that in a highly litigious city, in a highly litigious society, that we make sure as far as is possible, that lawyers bring cases that are reasonable and fair.
- By the by, I have often wondered why Bulgarian society is not more litigious.
- Two related factors are our litigious natures and greed for easy money.
- By January, because of our increasingly litigious society, that had increased to almost £20,000.
- In fact, this kind of construction will draw a massive legal reaction from ever litigious New Yorkers.
- Across the area, event organisers are having to face the consequences of an increasingly litigious society.
- Is this person likely to be litigious and bring lawsuits crashing down on the company?
- Though Americans are notoriously litigious, the plague of lawsuits is largely a myth.
- But some clowns are concerned about the legal risks of throwing custard pies, what with society becoming more litigious.
- If you look at it year on year there is probably a move upwards - it is a more litigious society now and legal fees are more structured now.
Synonyms
quarrelsome, disputatious, bickering, wrangling, captious, contrary, cantankerous, contentious, dissentient, polemical
1. 1.1 Concerned with lawsuits or litigation.
  Example sentencesExamples
  His litigious and tumultuous year away from football is also a concern.
  I guess one thing that would also be said about that is that eight months to deal with the litigious rights of some 600,000 litigants is pretty good judicial economy, looked at that way.
  Inevitably, we must await judicial clarification of such words as purports to confer a benefit, but clearly there is room for litigious dispute.
  But nothing in the Convention jurisprudence requires courts to shut their eyes to the practical realities of litigious life even in a reasonably well-organised legal system.
  In most litigious situations the expression ‘waiver’ is used to describe a voluntary, informed and unequivocal election by a party not to claim a right or raise an objection which it is open to that party to claim or raise.
  We may shake our heads and say sadly that this is a ‘litigious age,’ but our experience has been that only litigious processes guarantee the rights of all concerned.
  In making the determination whether or not there is that necessary element of repetition one looks at the whole history of the defendant's litigious activity.
2. 1.2 Suitable to become the subject of a lawsuit.

Derivatives

litigiously

adverb

The past few days have brought two more odd legal twists and turns to the Yellowstone snowmobile saga, which is becoming more litigiously complex and far-flung than a John Grisham novel.
Example sentencesExamples
- He gloated, in 1989, that he was ‘still litigiously alive to stop biographies’.
- That way you guys could save floundering swimmers and litigiously solve underwater fish murders.
- When oil demand and price slid in 1998, oil companies cut expenditures for exploration and production-and canceled drilling contracts, consensually or litigiously.

litigiousness

noun lɪˈtɪdʒəsnəsləˈtɪdʒəsnəs

Unless it can be shown that either of them knowingly blocked action that would have prevented the attacks, that's just more litigiousness.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the current climate of litigiousness and antipathy to big companies, one can understand the haste to withdraw it voluntarily from the market.
- Indeed, it is an area characterised by low investment and declining innovation, partly as a result of the climate of risk aversion and litigiousness, particularly in the USA.
- The system is obviously working well since the litigiousness that plagues other countries is here only a patchy and sporadic affair.
- Architecture, litigiousness, hospital design, fox-hunting, foot and mouth, organic farming and genetically-modified foods - the list of his concerns is long and varied.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French litigieux or Latin litigiosus from litigium 'litigation', from lis, lit- 'lawsuit'.

Rhymes

irreligious, prestigious, prodigious, religious, sacrilegious

Definition of litigious in US English:

litigious

adjectiveləˈtijəsləˈtɪdʒəs

1Unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes.
our increasingly litigious society
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, this kind of construction will draw a massive legal reaction from ever litigious New Yorkers.
- Ireland might hold the unenviable title of being the most litigious country in the world.
- Local landowners are well aware of their rights over land and highly litigious when they are aggrieved.
- On the subject of suing, does he think the media culture today is becoming overly litigious?
- Across the area, event organisers are having to face the consequences of an increasingly litigious society.
- Though Americans are notoriously litigious, the plague of lawsuits is largely a myth.
- Is this person likely to be litigious and bring lawsuits crashing down on the company?
- Our increasingly litigious society could also have serious consequences for dog owners.
- Englishmen were notoriously litigious, but that represented a willingness to submit to the arbitration of the king's courts.
- The NFL is the most litigious league of all the professional sports.
- But some clowns are concerned about the legal risks of throwing custard pies, what with society becoming more litigious.
- All electronic communication, regardless of the medium, is now potential evidentiary fact in our litigious society.
- If you look at it year on year there is probably a move upwards - it is a more litigious society now and legal fees are more structured now.
- But also a long-term cultural shift towards a more litigious society.
- I've never considered a contract, but I don't live in a hugely litigious society.
- And all we're wanting to do is ensure that in a highly litigious city, in a highly litigious society, that we make sure as far as is possible, that lawyers bring cases that are reasonable and fair.
- By the by, I have often wondered why Bulgarian society is not more litigious.
- Two related factors are our litigious natures and greed for easy money.
- We know that we are a highly litigious nation.
- By January, because of our increasingly litigious society, that had increased to almost £20,000.
Synonyms
quarrelsome, disputatious, bickering, wrangling, captious, contrary, cantankerous, contentious, dissentient, polemical
1. 1.1 Concerned with lawsuits or litigation.
  Example sentencesExamples
  We may shake our heads and say sadly that this is a ‘litigious age,’ but our experience has been that only litigious processes guarantee the rights of all concerned.
  In making the determination whether or not there is that necessary element of repetition one looks at the whole history of the defendant's litigious activity.
  In most litigious situations the expression ‘waiver’ is used to describe a voluntary, informed and unequivocal election by a party not to claim a right or raise an objection which it is open to that party to claim or raise.
  But nothing in the Convention jurisprudence requires courts to shut their eyes to the practical realities of litigious life even in a reasonably well-organised legal system.
  Inevitably, we must await judicial clarification of such words as purports to confer a benefit, but clearly there is room for litigious dispute.
  His litigious and tumultuous year away from football is also a concern.
  I guess one thing that would also be said about that is that eight months to deal with the litigious rights of some 600,000 litigants is pretty good judicial economy, looked at that way.
2. 1.2 Suitable to become the subject of a lawsuit.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French litigieux or Latin litigiosus from litigium ‘litigation’, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.

单词	litigious
释义	Definition of litigious in English: litigious adjective lɪˈtɪdʒəsləˈtɪdʒəs 1Tending or too ready to take legal action to settle disputes. our increasingly litigious society Example sentencesExamples Englishmen were notoriously litigious, but that represented a willingness to submit to the arbitration of the king's courts. I've never considered a contract, but I don't live in a hugely litigious society. Ireland might hold the unenviable title of being the most litigious country in the world. The NFL is the most litigious league of all the professional sports. All electronic communication, regardless of the medium, is now potential evidentiary fact in our litigious society. On the subject of suing, does he think the media culture today is becoming overly litigious? We know that we are a highly litigious nation. But also a long-term cultural shift towards a more litigious society. Our increasingly litigious society could also have serious consequences for dog owners. Local landowners are well aware of their rights over land and highly litigious when they are aggrieved. And all we're wanting to do is ensure that in a highly litigious city, in a highly litigious society, that we make sure as far as is possible, that lawyers bring cases that are reasonable and fair. By the by, I have often wondered why Bulgarian society is not more litigious. Two related factors are our litigious natures and greed for easy money. By January, because of our increasingly litigious society, that had increased to almost £20,000. In fact, this kind of construction will draw a massive legal reaction from ever litigious New Yorkers. Across the area, event organisers are having to face the consequences of an increasingly litigious society. Is this person likely to be litigious and bring lawsuits crashing down on the company? Though Americans are notoriously litigious, the plague of lawsuits is largely a myth. But some clowns are concerned about the legal risks of throwing custard pies, what with society becoming more litigious. If you look at it year on year there is probably a move upwards - it is a more litigious society now and legal fees are more structured now. Synonyms quarrelsome, disputatious, bickering, wrangling, captious, contrary, cantankerous, contentious, dissentient, polemical 1.1 Concerned with lawsuits or litigation. Example sentencesExamples His litigious and tumultuous year away from football is also a concern. I guess one thing that would also be said about that is that eight months to deal with the litigious rights of some 600,000 litigants is pretty good judicial economy, looked at that way. Inevitably, we must await judicial clarification of such words as purports to confer a benefit, but clearly there is room for litigious dispute. But nothing in the Convention jurisprudence requires courts to shut their eyes to the practical realities of litigious life even in a reasonably well-organised legal system. In most litigious situations the expression ‘waiver’ is used to describe a voluntary, informed and unequivocal election by a party not to claim a right or raise an objection which it is open to that party to claim or raise. We may shake our heads and say sadly that this is a ‘litigious age,’ but our experience has been that only litigious processes guarantee the rights of all concerned. In making the determination whether or not there is that necessary element of repetition one looks at the whole history of the defendant's litigious activity. 1.2 Suitable to become the subject of a lawsuit. Derivatives litigiously adverb The past few days have brought two more odd legal twists and turns to the Yellowstone snowmobile saga, which is becoming more litigiously complex and far-flung than a John Grisham novel. Example sentencesExamples He gloated, in 1989, that he was ‘still litigiously alive to stop biographies’. That way you guys could save floundering swimmers and litigiously solve underwater fish murders. When oil demand and price slid in 1998, oil companies cut expenditures for exploration and production-and canceled drilling contracts, consensually or litigiously. litigiousness noun lɪˈtɪdʒəsnəsləˈtɪdʒəsnəs Unless it can be shown that either of them knowingly blocked action that would have prevented the attacks, that's just more litigiousness. Example sentencesExamples In the current climate of litigiousness and antipathy to big companies, one can understand the haste to withdraw it voluntarily from the market. Indeed, it is an area characterised by low investment and declining innovation, partly as a result of the climate of risk aversion and litigiousness, particularly in the USA. The system is obviously working well since the litigiousness that plagues other countries is here only a patchy and sporadic affair. Architecture, litigiousness, hospital design, fox-hunting, foot and mouth, organic farming and genetically-modified foods - the list of his concerns is long and varied. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French litigieux or Latin litigiosus from litigium 'litigation', from lis, lit- 'lawsuit'. Rhymes irreligious, prestigious, prodigious, religious, sacrilegious Definition of litigious in US English: litigious adjectiveləˈtijəsləˈtɪdʒəs 1Unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes. our increasingly litigious society Example sentencesExamples In fact, this kind of construction will draw a massive legal reaction from ever litigious New Yorkers. Ireland might hold the unenviable title of being the most litigious country in the world. Local landowners are well aware of their rights over land and highly litigious when they are aggrieved. On the subject of suing, does he think the media culture today is becoming overly litigious? Across the area, event organisers are having to face the consequences of an increasingly litigious society. Though Americans are notoriously litigious, the plague of lawsuits is largely a myth. Is this person likely to be litigious and bring lawsuits crashing down on the company? Our increasingly litigious society could also have serious consequences for dog owners. Englishmen were notoriously litigious, but that represented a willingness to submit to the arbitration of the king's courts. The NFL is the most litigious league of all the professional sports. But some clowns are concerned about the legal risks of throwing custard pies, what with society becoming more litigious. All electronic communication, regardless of the medium, is now potential evidentiary fact in our litigious society. If you look at it year on year there is probably a move upwards - it is a more litigious society now and legal fees are more structured now. But also a long-term cultural shift towards a more litigious society. I've never considered a contract, but I don't live in a hugely litigious society. And all we're wanting to do is ensure that in a highly litigious city, in a highly litigious society, that we make sure as far as is possible, that lawyers bring cases that are reasonable and fair. By the by, I have often wondered why Bulgarian society is not more litigious. Two related factors are our litigious natures and greed for easy money. We know that we are a highly litigious nation. By January, because of our increasingly litigious society, that had increased to almost £20,000. Synonyms quarrelsome, disputatious, bickering, wrangling, captious, contrary, cantankerous, contentious, dissentient, polemical 1.1 Concerned with lawsuits or litigation. Example sentencesExamples We may shake our heads and say sadly that this is a ‘litigious age,’ but our experience has been that only litigious processes guarantee the rights of all concerned. In making the determination whether or not there is that necessary element of repetition one looks at the whole history of the defendant's litigious activity. In most litigious situations the expression ‘waiver’ is used to describe a voluntary, informed and unequivocal election by a party not to claim a right or raise an objection which it is open to that party to claim or raise. But nothing in the Convention jurisprudence requires courts to shut their eyes to the practical realities of litigious life even in a reasonably well-organised legal system. Inevitably, we must await judicial clarification of such words as purports to confer a benefit, but clearly there is room for litigious dispute. His litigious and tumultuous year away from football is also a concern. I guess one thing that would also be said about that is that eight months to deal with the litigious rights of some 600,000 litigants is pretty good judicial economy, looked at that way. 1.2 Suitable to become the subject of a lawsuit. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French litigieux or Latin litigiosus from litigium ‘litigation’, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.
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