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Litigious

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

That which is the subject of a suit or action; that which is contested in a court of justice.

In another sense, "litigious" signifies fond of litigation; prone to engage in suits.

Litigious church. In ecclesiastical law, a church is said to be litigious where two presentations are offered to the bishop upon the same avoidance. Jenk. Cent. 11.
—Litigious right.. In the civil law. A right which cannot be exercised without undergoing a lawsuit. Civll Code La. arts. 918, 3556.