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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In 2020, after years of litigation from the Center for Biological Diversity, the agency declared that the species was deserving of federal protections, but those protections wouldn't be given because of higher priorities. —

Nathan Rott, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024 The decrease in net income is influenced by restructuring and litigation costs. —

Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024 Brady was represented by Jeffrey Kessler, who nine years later is representing MLBPA in this matter (and is representing many other sports clients in active litigations). —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Nov. 2024 Buzbee, who boasts he’s collected more than $10 billion in damages for his clients, entered the fray of civil litigation against Combs in late September. —

Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for litigation