[
US
/ˈɫɪtɪˌɡeɪt/
]
[ UK /lˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /lˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
- engage in legal proceedings
-
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination
How To Use litigate In A Sentence
- It would be mischievous to continue to litigate, pending arbitration, matters which depend so much on the facts which form the basis of the arbitration.
- I need legal representation to litigate this matter.
- As to the latter, Judge Berzon in her opinion said, “Here, however, Coalition has not proven except by assertion that the remaining detainees have no relationship with anyone who could appropriately serve to litigate the legality of the detention.” The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
- IF anyone could litigate the issue, the plaintIFf would be the proper person to do so, but some issues simply cannot be litigated by anyone at all.
- This is the sole issue that that organisation really could litigate in the courts.
- What worries me is that so many large companies appear to be run by people who would rather litigate or grizzle than innovate.
- You retain a lawyer to litigate the case, although under most policies, the attorney will be assigned to you by your insurer.
- The test is not what would have happened had the matter been litigated.
- Men plow fields, cut grain, litigate in court, and serve in the local militia.
- To begin with, prisoners are among the least lucrative of clients, and certainly the least sympathetic to juries, so that few lawyers are willing to litigate on their behalf.