litigation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lītigātiō, equivalent to litigate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• 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.

   • 2023 February 23, Brian Fung, “DOJ seeks court sanctions against Google over ‘intentional destruction’ of chat logs”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “Google admitted that — for litigations spanning the past five years — it has never preserved all chats for relevant individuals by turning chat history on,” the DOJ filing said.

   • 2024 April 11, Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, “GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The willingness to bring more marginal legal cases reflects how the amount of money being put toward election litigation has increased significantly, said Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame who noted that the trend also applies to Democrats and outside groups across the ideological spectrum.

Derived terms

• litigation friend
• litigational

Translations

conduct of a lawsuit

• Arabic: تَقَاضٍ m (taqāḍin)
• 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 (a legal dispute which may or may not have gone to court), Prozessführung f (the behaviour before a court)
• 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