Controversy
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A litigated question; adversary proceeding in a court of law; a civil action or suit, either at law or in equity. It differs from “case,” which includes all suits, ¢riminal as well as civil; whereas “controversy” 4s a civil and not # criminal proceeding.
2 Dall. 410, 431, 432.