litigate

[ US /ˈɫɪtɪˌɡeɪt/ ]
[ UK /lˈɪtɪɡˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. engage in legal proceedings
  2. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
    He was warned that the district attorney would process him
    She actioned the company for discrimination
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How To Use litigate In A Sentence

  • If they, and others like them, did not take such risks, some meritorious claims would never be litigated and deserving plaintiffs would suffer an injustice. Medical negligence claims are expensive to prosecute.
  • In every litigated case, the parties disagree about whether the falsity is literal or only implicit. Archive 2009-06-01
  • If the Republicans swagger in and try to "litigate" this on the public airwaves, President Obama will dismiss them out of hand. Obama to discuss Supreme Court pick with party leaders
  • One does not take away that choice by permitting, encouraging or preventing the exhortation of the citizen to litigate or not to litigate.
  • The Stored Communications Act (SCA) is the federal statute that governs access to e-mail and the like: The Quon case was originally litigated under both the SCA and the Fourth Amendment. The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Thoughts on the Reply Brief in City of Ontario v. Quon
  • Their decision not to litigate the claim was deliberate.
  • U.S. Magistrate Anthony E. Porcelli, concluded that the plaintiffs were entitled to examine such agreements in order to compare them to his agreement in Tampa and litigate their claim that Trump "did not disclose the actual truth of his participation as a mere name licensor. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • The bankruptcy does not affect his ability to litigate such claims.
  • As well the added burden of Ms Cook's ill health caused her to be disinclined to litigate.
  • They remove the presumption of innocence, they remove an accused person's right to have the matter litigated in court, it removes the State's obligation to prove a case beyond reasonable doubt.
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