Litigate
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
To carry on or defend a suit, at law or in equity.
Litigant.
A party to a lawsuit, — usually an active party.
Litigation
A contest in a court of justice; a judicial proceeding.
See Interest, 1, Rei publicae, etc.; Lis, Pendens. Litigious. 1.
Subject to judicial recognition.
2.
Too ready to go to law; over-fond of lawsuits. Once, a thing which created litigation.