litigate
verb
lit·i·gate
ˈli-tə-ˌgāt 
litigated; litigating
: to carry on a legal contest by judicial (see judicial sense 1a) process
only states can litigate before this court—
R. H. Heindel
R. H. HeindelExamples 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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The legal community has no consensus on whether Title IX would apply to revenue-sharing funds distributed by schools, but the issue would almost certainly be litigated.
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Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2024
All of the Ticketmaster class action suits involving the breach will be litigated together in Montana as a multidistrict litigation, part of a broader case involving other companies sued over the Snowflake breach.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
The legal community has no consensus on whether Title IX would apply to revenue-sharing funds distributed by schools, but the issue would almost certainly be litigated.
—Joe Sabin, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
For a public unsure how to properly litigate Parker, the industry’s hypocrisy around Affleck was far more comfortable territory.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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litigate
verb
lit·i·gate
ˈli-tə-ˌgāt
litigated; litigating
: to seek resolution of a legal contest by judicial process
chose to litigate rather than settle
: to make the subject of a suit
litigate a claim
broadly
: to contest or resolve in court
litigate an insanity defense
litigational
adjective
-shə-nəl
litigatory
adjective
ˈli-tə-gə-ˌtōr-ē
Etymology
Latin litigatus, past participle of litigare, from lit-, lis lawsuit + agere to drive
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