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Litigious
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What's The Definition Of Litigious?
[adj] inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
[adj] of or relating to litigation Synonyms | Synonyms for Litigious: argumentative | contentious | disputatious | disputative Related Terms | Find terms related to Litigious: actionable | aggressive | argumental | argumentative | bellicose | belligerent | bickering | cat-and-dog | cat-and-doggish | causidical | combative | contentious | controversial | dialectic | disputatious | divisive | eristic | factional | factious | ill-humored | irascible | irritable | litigable | litigant | litigatory | logomachic | partisan | pilpulistic | polarizing | polemic | polemical | pro and con | pugnacious | quarrelsome | scrappy | shrewish | wrangling See Also | Litigious In Webster's Dictionary \Li*ti"gious\, a. [L. litigiosus, fr. litigium
dispute, quarrel, fr. litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See
{Litigation}.]
1. Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of
contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of
litigation. `` A pettifogging attorney or a litigious
client.'' --Macaulay.
Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still
Litigious men, who guarrels move. --Donne.
2. Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible;
debatable; doubtful; precarious. --Shak.
No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds,
Distinguished acres of litigious grounds. --Dryden.
3. Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar. --Young.
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