litigious
adjective
li·ti·gious
| \ lə-ˈti-jəs
, li-\
, li-\
Definition of litigious
1a
: disputatious, contentious
in a litigious mood
b
: prone to engage in lawsuits
an increasingly litigious society
2
: subject to litigation
not known to be litigious when purchased— James Muirhead
3
: of, relating to, or marked by litigation
a litigious situation
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Examples of litigious in a Sentence
a very litigious group of people
this litigious age in which we live
Recent Examples on the Web
Western corporations, meanwhile, are notoriously litigious and have a clearer path to obtaining trademarks for their brands. — Sangeeta Singh-kurtz, Quartzy, "Governments are taking cultural appropriation to court," 28 Aug. 2019 As a brash real estate mogul through the years, the president has been in litigious battles with the nearby airport and Palm Beach County, trying to prevent noisy planes from flying over Mar-a-Lago. — Si Liberman, USA TODAY, "Mar-a-Lago: An insider's view of Trump's Florida estate," 7 Mar. 2018 The litigious nonprofit with YIMBY roots struck again last month, suing Los Altos after the city rejected a developer’s bid to streamline a project of 15 apartments plus ground-floor office space. — Marisa Kendall, The Mercury News, "‘Sue the suburbs’ group strikes again, attacking another Bay Area city over housing," 4 Aug. 2019 Background checks are performed on borrowers and their businesses to weed out the litigious and deadbeats. — Los Angeles Times, "How the rich get spending money: Locking fine art in storage and borrowing against it," 1 Aug. 2019 Previous to the horse deaths at Santa Anita, the biggest headlines TSG produced were about the bitter and litigious family feud over control of the company between current TSG chairman Belinda Stronach and her father, Frank. — Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Del Mar set to open as scrutiny of racing intensifies," 15 July 2019 Whether that raises Nintendo's notoriously litigious legal eyebrows remains to be seen. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "You can now download the long-lost (and unfinished) SimCity NES port," 26 Dec. 2018 There's always the possibility of blasting it with a powerful, high-range firearm, too, although that's proven to be a highly-litigious and questionably legal act, and one that can come with enormous safety and liability concerns. — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, "We Still Have No Idea How to Deal With Drones," 21 Dec. 2018 And as America became more litigious, landowners and insurance companies were eager to exclude outsiders in order to restrict legal liability for accidents. — Gerard Helferich, WSJ, "‘This Land Is Our Land’ Review: Taking the Long Way Around," 25 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'litigious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for litigious
litigious
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of litigious
formal
: too ready or eager to sue someone or something in a court of law : tending or likely to engage in lawsuits
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litigious
adjective
li·ti·gious
| \ li-ˈti-jəs
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Legal Definition of litigious
1
: prone to engage in lawsuits or legal maneuvers especially to an excessive degree
a litigious pro se prisoner … filed fifty-one cases — In re Oliver, 682 F.2d 443 (1982)
2
: subject to litigation
acquired only a possible litigious claim — Wells v. Joseph, 95 So. 2d 843 (1957)
3
: of, relating to, or marked by litigation