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In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you.
Len Wein

Meaning of "litigious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LITIGIOUS

From Latin lītigiōsus quarrelsome, from lītigium strife.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LITIGIOUS

litigious  [lɪˈtɪdʒəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITIGIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Litigious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LITIGIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lawsuit

A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint. If the plaintiff is successful, judgment is in the plaintiff's favor, and a variety of court orders may be issued to enforce a right, award damages, or impose a temporary or permanent injunction to prevent an act or compel an act. A declaratory judgment may be issued to prevent future legal disputes. A lawsuit may involve dispute resolution of private law issues between individuals, business entities or non-profit organizations. A lawsuit may also enable the state to be treated as if it were a private party in a civil case, as plaintiff, or defendant regarding an injury, or may provide the state with a civil cause of action to enforce certain laws. The conduct of a lawsuit is called litigation. The plaintiffs and defendants are called litigants and the attorneys representing them are called litigators. The term litigation may also refer to criminal trial...

Definition of litigious in the English dictionary

The first definition of litigious in the dictionary is excessively ready to go to law. Other definition of litigious is of or relating to litigation. Litigious is also inclined to dispute or disagree.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LITIGIOUS


advantageous
ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs
antireligious
ˌæntɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
contagious
kənˈteɪdʒəs
courageous
kəˈreɪdʒəs
disadvantageous
dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs
interreligious
ˌɪntərɪˈlɪdʒəs
irreligious
ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
multireligious
ˌmʌltɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
noncontagious
ˌnɒnkənˈteɪdʒəs
nonreligious
ˌnɒnrɪˈlɪdʒəs
oragious
ɒˈreɪdʒəs
outrageous
aʊtˈreɪdʒəs
prestigious
prɛˈstɪdʒəs
prodigious
prəˈdɪdʒəs
rampageous
ræmˈpeɪdʒəs
religious
rɪˈlɪdʒəs
sacrilegious
ˌsækrɪˈlɪdʒəs
semireligious
ˌsɛmɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
umbrageous
ʌmˈbreɪdʒəs
unreligious
ˌʌnrɪˈlɪdʒəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITIGIOUS

lithotritor
lithotrity
Lithuania
Lithuanian
Lithuanian Republic
litigable
litigant
litigate
litigation
litigation friend
litigator
litigiously
litigiousness
litmus
litmus paper
litmus test
litotes
litotic
litre

WORDS THAT END LIKE LITIGIOUS

ambagious
ambitious
conscious
curious
delicious
egregious
furious
glorious
hilarious
luxurious
mysterious
obvious
precious
previous
serious
socioreligious
spacious
spongious
suspicious
various

Synonyms and antonyms of litigious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LITIGIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «litigious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of litigious

Translation of «litigious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITIGIOUS

Find out the translation of litigious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of litigious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «litigious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诉讼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

litigiosa
570 millions of speakers

English

litigious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विवादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التقاضي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спорный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

litigioso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মামলাবাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

litigieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Litigious
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prozesssüchtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

訴訟好きな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

논쟁을 좋아하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Litigious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tranh tụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழக்காடு சார்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विवादित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kavgalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

litigioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sporne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спірний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

litigios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίδικες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

litigasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

litigious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saksøkende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of litigious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITIGIOUS»

The term «litigious» is regularly used and occupies the 105.866 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITIGIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about litigious

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2 QUOTES WITH «LITIGIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word litigious.
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Sebastian Horsley
If I hear that people are litigious, I immediately dismiss them.
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Len Wein
In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITIGIOUS»

Discover the use of litigious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to litigious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Litigious Athenian
In The Litigious Athenian, Matthew Christ explores what this ancient discussion reveals about how Athenians conceived of and responded to problematic aspects of their collective legal experience.
Matthew R. Christ, 1998
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Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. ...
Unfair to Genius alternates the stories of Arnstein and a colorful cast of supporting characters with a fascinating account of the economic, technological, and legal forces of the first half of the twentieth century that shifted the balance ...
Gary Rosen, 2012
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News of the Weird: Our Litigious Society
DIVWho’s fault is it when a man crashes into a table, tearing several ligaments and suffering a severed tendon while attempting in vain to improve his base-stealing technique in his den?
Chuck Shepherd, 2012
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The Federal Reporter: With Key-number Annotations ...
with interest, an oil lease made by the owner of land while a suit wag pending to annul an earlier lease was not a "litigious right" which the earlier lessee could purchase by paying the amount paid with interest. [Ed. Note. — For other definitions ...
Robert Desty, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, 1921
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Southern Reporter
Champerty and maintenance <§=>6 (2)— Litigious rights; pendency of suit necessary to make rights conferred "litigious." Under Civ. Code, art. 2653, defining a litigious right as one about which a suit exists, no right is litigious within article ...
‎1921
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Corpus Juris: Being a Complete and Systematic Statement of ...
(3) A judgment pending an appea litigious ri ht. State v. Nix, 135 La. 811, 66 S 30 (holding that a. judgment rendered by the supreme court, until it becomes final, is a. litigious right which Civ. Code art 2447 prohibits attorneys from purchasing); ...
William Mack, William Benjamin Hale, Donald J. Kiser, 1917
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Louisiana law of oil and gas: jurisprudence, state and ...
Litigious Rights. Civil Code 2652 provides that he against whom a litigious right has been acquired may get himself released by paying the transferee the real price of the transfer, together with interest from date. And Civil Code 1447 forbids  ...
George Gregg Dimick, 1922
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Universal Dictionary of the English Language: Ine-Rhe
Oni, Lang. : The quality or state of being litigious ; a litigious disposition. 2. Soots Law: A tacit legal prohibition of alienation, to the prejudice of a begun action or diligence, the object of which is to attain the possession or to acquire the property  ...
Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, 1897
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Legal Technique
[8.27] In a non litigious matter, ie a transaction, the client starts in one position. Then the lawyer acts for the client doing such tasks as making a will, transferring land or incorporating a company. When the matter finishes the client's position is  ...
Christopher Enright, 2002
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ...
Scott's administrator contends that he is bound only for the $1608 48, with interest from the date of the transfer, because that is the amount paid by King for the claim, when it had become a litigious right; and because Scott had made payments ...
Louisiana. Supreme Court, 1879

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITIGIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term litigious is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Go Set a Watchman' has sold over 1 million copies in under a week
... from her friends and pushing Lee to take "a more active — and litigious — interest in To Kill a Mockingbird's legacy," as Bloomberg wrote in a ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
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Maycomb reluctantly changes with the times in Chapter 4 of 'Go Set …
It's populated by two inter-related and litigious families, the Cunninghams and the Coninghams. Lee shares more telling insight into the area's ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
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Nuns Object to Katy Perry Convent Sale for “Obvious Reasons,”
A new court filing futher implies that the litigious nuns do not, in fact, want their successor on the property to be a girl who kisses girls—and ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
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State broadband committee convenes Tuesday | Idaho Legislature …
A special state legislative committee created to study broadband needs for schools and state agencies in the wake an expensive, litigious and ... «The Idaho Statesman, Jul 15»
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Still riding after all these years - Glendale News Press
Despite the ugly litigious swamp they eventually found themselves in (the sanctioned touring unit of War features only one original member, ... «Glendale News Press, Jul 15»
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Does Stealing Intellectual Property Boost Innovation? - IPWatchdog …
That means patents might be a better proxy for how litigious American business has become rather than how innovative a specific company or ... «IPWatchdog.com, Jul 15»
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Quebec uranium mining not realistic for several years – BAPE
Strateco's main asset now remained its litigious claim against the provincial government, in which Strateco sought up to $190-million in ... «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, Jul 15»
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Home Warranties a Valuable Tool in Today's High-Demand Market …
... on to say that formally offering a home warranty and having the client decline in writing provides an added bonus in today's litigious society. «RisMedia.com, Jul 15»
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"Stadiums Would Be Lined With Nets If Foul Ball Suit Succeeds …
MLB might be prudent, in this steadily more litigious age, to set up a workmen's comp style system of paying out for bona-fide injury costs. Reply. «Overlawyered, Jul 15»
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The Cortez Journal 07/19/2015 | City eyes funds for removing blight
Proffer estimates that it would cost $20,000 to demolish a home that doesn't need to go through a litigious condemnation process – avoided ... «Cortez Journal, Jul 15»

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