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litigated, ppl. a.|ˈlɪtɪgeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
a. Made the subject of a lawsuit; contested at law.
b. gen. Contested, disputed.
a1745Swift Acc. Crt. & Empire Japan Wks. 1841 I. 559/1 There were two maritime towns..bordering upon Tedsu: of these he purchased a litigated title. 1772Barrington in Phil. Trans. LXII. 266 This litigated point can only receive a satisfactory decision from very accurate observations. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) II. i. 23 Malone made him great promises..of even acquiescing to the litigated clause of the King's consent. 1813Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 210 It is a litigated question, whether the circulation of paper, rather than of specie, is a good or an evil. 1835Reeve De Tocqueville's Democr. I. ii. 41 Officers were charged..with the arbitration of litigated landmarks. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. iii. xiv. (1872) I. 231 These litigated Duchies are now the Prussian Province Jülich-Berg-Cleve. |