Definition of litigate
litigated
;litigating
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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.
Recent Examples of litigate from the Web
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ASCAP and BMI are currently litigating the DOJ's new position that 100 percent licensing of song compositions is required under consent decrees made in the 1940s to settle an antitrust investigation.
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D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine initially had vowed to continue litigating the case.
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Thirteen years later, litigating the invasion—the most disastrous foreign policy decision since the Vietnam War—has largely become a matter of criticizing de-Ba’athification, the disbanding of the army, and other second-order issues.
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The Justice Department filed the ruling request with the justices late Thursday, also asking that the federal policy be enforced while the larger issues are litigated.
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The state Department of Revenue denied Comcast's eligibility, though, and the two sides are currently litigating the dispute.
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But Steven Kuney, an attorney for the nine still-litigating states, zeroed in on Murphy’s bias, noting that every paper that the economics professor has published since 1998 has been at least partially funded by Microsoft.
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Origin and Etymology of litigate
Latin litigatus, past participle of litigare, from lit-, lis lawsuit + agere to drive — more at agent
LITIGATE Defined for English Language Learners
litigate
playDefinition of litigate for English Language Learners
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law : to make (something) the subject of a lawsuit : to cause (a case, an issue, etc.) to be decided and settled in a court of law
Law Dictionary
litigate
playLegal Definition of litigate
litigated
litigating
intransitive verb
transitive verb
litigational
\-shə-nəl\ adjectivelitigatory
\ˈli-tə-gə-ˌtōr-ē\ adjectiveOrigin and Etymology of litigate
Latin litigatus, past participle of litigare, from lit-, lis lawsuit + agere to drive
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