Contest
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Struggle for superiority In legal usage, a litigation. The word "contest," in constitutions and statutes, is a word of art.
It means a litigation
It implies a plaintiff and a defendant, and a thing in controversy. When it is decided, it is, or should be, decided upon evidence, and the decision is a judgment.
112 Ky. 23.