单词 | litigation |
释义 | litigation (once / 2078 pages) n Litigation is what goes on in court; it is the name for the process of suing someone or trying them for a crime. When families fight over their inheritance, the assets they want may end up being tied up for decades in litigation. If you paid a man to repair your roof and he never finished the job, and he ignores your calls, the best option is to bring litigation against him: take him to court! We can use litigation to talk about one court case, or about cases in general. When the Congress debates health care, they try to find ways to reduce for medical malpractice litigation, which is one of the most expensive aspects of medicine. WORD FAMILYlitigation: litigations+/litigious: litigation, litigiously, litigiousness USAGE EXAMPLESBrown soon was entangled in litigation accusing him of being a District slumlord. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) But the door is still open for litigation, he said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) As he did in last year’s report, Chief Justice Roberts welcomed recent revisions to the rules governing civil litigation in the federal courts. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) n a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights Syn|Hypo|Hyper judicial proceeding custody battle litigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced couple vexatious litigationlitigation shown to have been instituted maliciously and without probable cause legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
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