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BNC: 6754 COCA: 5216

— litigation

/ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
litigate
BNC: 6754 COCA: 5216

litigation

noun

lit·​i·​ga·​tion ˌli-tə-ˈgā-shən How to pronounce litigation (audio)
plural litigations
: 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

Word History

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of litigation was in 1612

Phrases Containing litigation
BNC: 6754 COCA: 5216
litigation

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LITIGATION | LITIGATION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤costly, expensive費用昂貴的訴訟▸➤endless, lengthy, protracted曠日持久的訴訟➤complex複雜訴訟▸➤potential, threatened潛在的／揚言要提起的訴訟▸➤pending懸而未決的訴訟➤ongoing進行中的訴訟▸➤subsequent隨之而來的訴訟▸➤civil, commercial, criminal民事／商業／刑事訴訟➤federal聯邦訴訟➤private私人訴訟➤class-action (NAmE) 集體訴訟◇the class-action litigation brought by the families of the victims由受害者家庭提起的集體訴訟➤liability, malpractice, tort (NAmE) 責任／瀆職／侵權訴訟◇the fear of medical malpractice litigation對醫療瀆職訴訟的擔憂➤employment, medical勞動／醫療訴訟VERB + LITIGATION➤bring, conduct, file, initiate, pursue提出訴訟；進行訴訟；提起訴訟◇the right to conduct litigation進行訴訟的權利◇The alleged victims have elected to pursue litigation.自稱受害的人們選擇提起訴訟。➤engage in參與訴訟➤become involved in, get involved in惹上官司➤be engaged in, be involved in忙着處理訴訟；官司纏身▸➤threaten揚言要提起訴訟➤end, settle結束／解決訴訟▸➤avoid避免訴訟◇The payment was made to avoid threatened litigation.為避免可能的訴訟而付了款。LITIGATION + NOUN➤costs, expenses訴訟費➤settlement (especially NAmE) 訴訟和解➤finance (NAmE) 訴訟經費PREPOSITION➤litigation against狀告⋯的訴訟◇He engaged in endless litigation against the media.他參與了狀告媒體的曠日持久的訴訟。➤litigation between⋯之間的訴訟◇litigation between private parties私人之間的訴訟➤litigation over關於⋯的訴訟◇litigation over water rights關於用水權利的訴訟PHRASES➤the conduct of litigation (especially BrE) 訴訟行為◇the defendant's conduct of the litigation被告方的訴訟行為➤the cost of litigation訴訟成本➤the risk of litigation, the threat of litigation訴訟的風險；以訴訟相威脅

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