litigation

noun

lit·i·ga·tion ˌli-tə-ˈgā-shən

plural litigations

Synonyms of litigation next

: the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating

an issue that has been in litigation for years

an attorney who specializes in the litigation of property disputes

The American Judicial System generally limits the filing of lawsuits to individuals with a personal stake in the litigation, but there are instances when litigants cannot themselves prosecute an action.—

Jonathan Mahler

also : a legal action or proceeding (such as a lawsuit)

"You can't realize how much it costs to run one of these litigations. To get a battery of lawyers into a courtroom and do all the planning … and so on costs $500,000." —

Gordon Gould

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The wrong decision could seriously compromise their respective position in a subsequent government investigation, prosecution and/or sentencing - or in civil litigation. —

Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Citing the ongoing investigation and pending litigation, Kirkpatrick said police won't yet disclose how many shots Jabbar fired. —

Jack Brook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025 Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and X — formerly Twitter — have all faced antitrust litigation or review in recent years, some of which originated under the first Trump administration. —

Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 Williams will be a partner in the litigation department, The Times’s Benjamin Weiser is first to report for DealBook. —

Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for litigation