litigation (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *litigation*:
NOUN	act	litigation, judicial proceeding	a legal proceeding in a court

litigation > pronunciation
Sounds	lih.tahgey'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *litigation*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights.
Synonym	judicial proceeding
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Narrower	custody battle	litigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced couple
Narrower	vexatious litigation	litigation shown to have been instituted maliciously and without probable cause
Broader	proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings	(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Spanish	litigación, litigio, pleito
Catalan	litigació, litigi
Adjectives	litigious	of or relating to litigation
Verbs	litigate	institute legal proceedings against
Verbs	litigate	engage in legal proceedings

HyperDic: litigation