litigate

Definitions


[ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- resort to legal action to settle a matter; be involved in a lawsuit
(e.g: the plaintiff is prepared to litigate)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin litigat- ‘disputed in a lawsuit’, from the verb litigare, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries