English-Thai Dictionary

litigious

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การฟ้องร้อง  เกี่ยว การ ดำเนินคดี  kiao-kab-kan-fong-rong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LITIGIOUS

a.[L. litigiosus.] 1. Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; quarrelsome; contentious; applied to persons. a litigious man is a bad neighbor and a bad citizen.
2. Disputable; controvertible; subject to contention; as litigious right.
No fences, parted fields, nor marks nor bounds, distinguish'd acres of litigious grounds.

 

LITIGIOUSLY

adv. In a contentious manner.

 

LITIGIOUSNESS

n.A disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits; inclination to judicial contests.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITIGIOUS

Li *ti "gious, a. Etym: [L. litigiosus, fr. litigium dispute, quarrel, fr. litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See Litigation. ]

 

1. Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation. " A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client. " Macaulay. Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who guarrels move. Donne.

 

2. Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious. Shak. No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished acres of litigious grounds. Dryden.

 

3. Of or pertaining to legal disputes. Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar. Young.

 

LITIGIOUSLY

LITIGIOUSLY Li *ti "gious *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a litigious manner.

 

LITIGIOUSNESS

LITIGIOUSNESS Li *ti "gious *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

litigious

li ti gious |ləˈtijəs ləˈtɪʤəs | ▶adjective concerned with lawsuits or litigation. • unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes. • suitable to become the subject of a lawsuit. DERIVATIVES li ti gious ly adverb, li ti gious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French litigieux or Latin litigiosus, from litigium ‘litigation, ’ from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

litigious

litigious |lɪˈtɪdʒəs | ▶adjective tending or too ready to take legal action to settle disputes: our increasingly litigious society. • concerned with lawsuits or litigation. • suitable to become the subject of a lawsuit. DERIVATIVES litigiously adverb, litigiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French litigieux or Latin litigiosus from litigium ‘litigation ’, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

litigious

li ti gious /lɪtɪ́dʒəs /形容詞 1 訴訟の ; 訴訟できる .2 ｟かたく しばしばけなして ｠訴訟好きな ; 論争好きな .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞