litigation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lītigātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: li‧ti‧ga‧tion

Noun

litigation (countable and uncountable, plural litigations)

1. (law) The conduct of a lawsuit.

   There is ongoing litigation in this matter.

   This law firm is known for its litigation practice.

   That attorney has been chastised for his litigation behavior.

Derived terms

• litigation friend
• litigational

Translations

conduct of a lawsuit

• Azerbaijani: çəkişmə
• Bulgarian: съдебен процес m (sǎdeben proces)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 訴訟／诉讼 (zh) (sùsòng) (formal), 官司 (zh) (guānsi) (informal)

• Dutch: procesvoering (nl) f, proces (nl) n, geding (nl) n, rechtszaak (nl) f
• Finnish: käräjöinti (fi), oikeudenkäynti (fi)
• French: litige (fr) m
• German: Rechtsstreit (de) m
• Greek: αντιδικία (el) f (antidikía)
• Hungarian: pereskedés (hu)
• Indonesian: litigasi
• Italian: controversia (it), contenzioso (it)
• Japanese: 訴訟 (ja) (そしょう, soshō)
• Korean: 소송 (ko) (sosong)
• Latin: līs (la) f
• Malay: litigasi
• Maori: hāmenetanga
• Ottoman Turkish: نزاع (nizaʿ)
• Portuguese: litígio (pt) m
• Romanian: litigiu (ro)
• Russian: суде́бный проце́сс m (sudébnyj procéss), тя́жба (ru) f (tjážba)
• Turkish: dava (tr)
• Ukrainian: судовий спір m (sudovyj spir)
• Vietnamese: (sự) kiện tụng (vi)

References

• W. Martin with G[uy] A. J. Tops, et al. (1998) Van Dale Groot Woordenboek Engels–Nederlands [Van Dale Great Dictionary, English–Dutch], 3rd edition, volume I, Utrecht, Antwerp: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN.

Further reading

• litigation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia