单词 | litigate |
释义 | litigatev. 1. intransitive. To be a party to, or carry on, a suit at law; to go to law. Also † gen. to dispute. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > argue, dispute, discuss [verb (intransitive)] mootOE sannc1175 sputea1225 argue1303 argumentc1320 strive1340 proceedc1390 reason?c1425 to roll the stone1581 argumentate1586 discuss1587 litigate1606 canvass1631 argumentizea1641 to take by the beard1809 dudgeon1859 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)] pursue1389 suea1422 pleada1425 proceed1425 pleac1450 to wage one's (or the) law1455 to go to (the) law?a1513 to put at ——1534 to prosecute the law against (also upon)1535 law?a1550 to follow a suit1571 prosecute1611 to go to suit1690 litigate1726 1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia iii. i. sig. E3 Then might they be taught,..To litigate perpetually. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. i. i. 27 If any will litigate de nomine entis, let them call it Being or No-being as they please. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 83 The Appellant after the Interposition of an Appeal still litigates in the same Cause before the Judge a Quo. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 697/1 Making the determination of two Justices of Peace final, if the Quaker did not litigate farther. 1881 Daily News 29 Dec. 5/3 It was a characteristic of Lord Justice Lush as a Judge to prevent suitors if he could from litigating to the uttermost. 2. a. transitive. To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest at law; to plead for or against. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > carry on or institute (an action) [verb (transitive)] > make subject of a lawsuit litigate1741 1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. v. 234 A question formerly much litigated. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xiii. 79 If I do not oblige them, my grandfather's estate is to be litigated with me. 1774 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1887) XIV. 381 A rate of one penny farthing on the pound, to pay their costs in sundry matters litigated before the Assembly. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xii. 515 Litigating warm Their right in some small portion of the soil. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 328 The precise question ought not to be again litigated. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 117 The property in ‘Anderson's Pills’ was litigated in the Court of Session. b. gen. To dispute, contest (a point, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)] dispute1340 discuss1402 reason?c1425 mootc1475 arguea1513 canvass1530 ventilate?1530 deliberate1536 devisea1538 expostulate1573 agitate1598 imparlc1600 exagitate1610 eventilate?1625 altercate1683 litigate1740 spar1744 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 280 He never car'd to litigate any thing, that did not affect his Figure upon the Stage. 1758 H. Walpole Catal. Royal Authors (1759) II. 230 The point indeed has been much litigated, but is of little consequence. 1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) I. 91 He..deems it indecorous to litigate the question with his diocesan. Derivatives ˈlitigating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > engaged in litigation litigious1589 litigant1638 litigating1766 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xi. 176 Compelling my litigating opponents to an accomodation. 1780 Newgate Cal. V. 25 A family estate, the right of which was litigating in the court of chancery. 1884 T. H. Gore in Law Times 8 Nov. 29/1 The retailer was the person litigating. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1606 |
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