Litigious definition

lĭ-tĭjəs
The definition of litigious is full of lawsuits.

An example of litigious is a person who sues lots of people or businesses; a litigious property owner.

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Of, relating to, or characterized by litigation.
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Tending to engage in lawsuits.
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Disputable at law.
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Of lawsuits.
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Given to carrying on lawsuits.
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Quarrelsome.
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Of or relating to litigation.
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Inclined to engage in lawsuits.
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Origin of litigious

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin lītigiōsus from lītigium dispute from lītigāre to quarrel litigate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Litigious Sentence Examples

  • In addition to litigious business the courts also deal with non-litigious matters, such as the registration of titles to land, guardianship and the drawing up and custody of testamentary dispositions, all which are almost entirely within the province of the Amtsgerichie.

  • Justice.By the Judicature ActGerichtsverfassungsgesetz of 1879, the so-called regular litigious jurisdiction of the courts of law was rendered uniform throughout the empire, and the courts are now everywhere alike in character and composition; and with the exception of the Reichsgericht (supreme court of the empire), immediately subject to the government of the state in which they exercise jurisdiction, and not to the imperial government.

  • They are as litigious as a lawsuit - without any summing up; the end comes in a moment with a text of Scripture or an utterance by one of the great Fathers.

  • Vasari eulogizes Mantegna for his courteous, distinguished and praiseworthy deportment, although there are indications of his having been not a little litigious in disposition.

  • The Mussulmans of Backergunje are among the worst of their creed, steeped in ignorance and prejudice, easily excited to violence and murder, very litigious and grossly immoral.

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