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lit⋅i⋅ga⋅tion

  [lit-i-gey-shuhn]
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1. the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
2. a lawsuit.
Origin:
1560–70; < LL lītigātiōn- (s. of lītigātiō) a dispute. See litigate, -ion
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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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Litigation

Lit`i*ga"tion\, n. [L. litigatio, fr. litigare to dispute, litigate; lis, litis, dispute, lawsuit (OL. stlis) + agere to carry on. See Agent.] The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.
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Language Translation for : litigation
Spanish: litigio,
German: der Rechtsstreit,
Japanese: 訴訟
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litigation 
1567, "disputation," from L.L. litigationem (nom. litigatio), from L. litigatus, pp. of litigare "to dispute, quarrel, strive," from litem (nom. lis, gen. litis) "lawsuit, dispute, quarrel, strife" + root of agere "to drive, conduct" (see act). Meaning "act of carrying on a lawsuit" is from 1647.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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