litigate

verb

lit·i·gate | \ ˈli-tə-ˌgāt

litigated; litigating

Definition of litigate

: to carry on a legal contest by judicial (see judicial sense 1a) process only states can litigate before this court— R. H. Heindel

transitive verb

1 : to decide and settle in a court of law litigate a claim

2 archaic : dispute

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Examples of litigate in a Sentence

They agree to litigate all disputes in this court. The company's unwillingness to make a deal increased her desire to litigate.

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All these things need to be re-litigated in a world in which there are no givens. — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, ""The Society" Renewed for Season 2 on Netflix," 9 July 2019 The issue of whether Missguided’s Instagram behavior violated trademark law was never actually litigated, though: the company just didn’t respond to her lawsuit, leading to a loss. — Ashley Carman, The Verge, "Kim Kardashian West wins $2.8 million from company that kept tagging her in Instagram posts," 3 July 2019 There's no use litigating why Duquette, who successfully used the international market in his time with the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox, wasn't a player on that frontier with the Orioles. — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, "Orioles reset: How the international signing date went from ignored to indispensable," 1 July 2019 That decision has been re-litigated over the years - Solo herself, who is in France working for the BBC, recently wrote an interesting piece. — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, "Now the Women’s World Cup intrigue starts for the undefeated U.S. women’s team," 20 June 2019 There is a particular fear that games of soccer risk becoming on-field lawsuits, where crucial moments are endlessly re-litigated. — Musa Okwonga, Quartz Africa, "How to make the case for and against VAR—video assistant referee—in the beautiful game," 10 June 2019 If a resolution can't be reached, then the cases will be litigated over the next year, the judge said. — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, "Federal judge urges quick settlement in lawsuits against opioid makers as American death toll mounts," 9 Jan. 2018 His firm, which litigates investment fraud, handles cases involving wealthy athletes who have lost large amounts of money through inexperience and fraud. — Anna Bahney, CNN, "Hiring a wealth adviser you can trust just got a little easier. But there are still risks," 24 June 2019 Shouldn’t these kids be playing video games or something, doing pretty much anything but litigating to save the planet? — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "Kids suing the US over climate change are getting global support," 1 June 2019

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