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<hw>Lit"i*ga*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Such as can be litigated.</def>

<h1>Litigant</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lit"i*gant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>litigans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>litigare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>litigant</ets>. See <er>Litigate</er>.]</ety> <def>Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; <as>as, the parties <ex>litigant</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Litigant</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lit"i*gant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person engaged in a lawsuit.</def>

<h1>Litigate</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lit"i*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Litigated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Litigating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Litigation</er>.]</ety> <def>To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; <as>as, to <ex>litigate</ex> a cause</as>.</def>

<h1>Litigate</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lit"i*gate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To carry on a suit by judicial process.</def>

<h1>Litigation</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lit`i*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>litigatio</ets>, fr. <ets>litigare</ets> to dispute, litigate; <ets>lis</ets>, <ets>litis</ets>, dispute, lawsuit (OL. <ets>stlis</ets>) + <ets>agere</ets> to carry on. See <er>Agent</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.</def>

<h1>Litigator</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lit"i*ga`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who litigates.</def>

<h1>Litigious</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*ti"gious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>litigiosus</ets>, fr. <ets>litigium</ets> dispute, quarrel, fr. <ets>litigare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>litigieux</ets>. See <er>Litigation</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.</def> " A pettifogging attorney or a <i>litigious</i> client."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<blockquote>Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still <b>Litigious</b> men, who guarrels move. <i>Donne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished acres of <b>litigious</b> grounds. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to legal disputes.</def>

<blockquote>Nor brothers cite to the <b>litigious</b> bar. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Litigiously</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*ti"gious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a litigious manner.</def>

<h1>Litigiousness</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Li*ti"gious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.</def>

<h1>Litmus</h1> <Xpage=860>