Controversy
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
' A dispute arising between two or more persons. It differs from case, which includes all suits, criminal as well as civil; whereas controversy is a civil, and not a criminal, proceeding.
2 Dall. (U. S.) 419, 431, 432; 1 Tucker, Bl. Comm. App. 420, 421; Story, Const. § 1668.