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litigable

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lit⋅i⋅ga⋅ble

  [lit-i-guh-buhl]
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–adjective
subject to litigation; actionable by a lawsuit.
Origin:
1755–65; < L lītigā(re) to go to law (see litigate ) + -ble
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lit·i·gate   (lĭt'ĭ-gāt')   
v.   lit·i·gat·ed, lit·i·gat·ing, lit·i·gates

v.   tr.
To contest in legal proceedings.
v.   intr.
To engage in legal proceedings.

[Latin lītigāre, lītigāt- : līs, līt-, lawsuit + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
lit'i·ga·ble (-gə-bəl) adj., lit'i·ga'tion n., lit'i·ga'tor n.
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