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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of litigating or carrying on a suit in a court of law or equity; a judicial contest.
  • noun Any dispute or discussion dependent upon evidence for decision.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law The conduct of a lawsuit

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

Etymologies

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litigate +‎ -tion

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