Synonym: judicial proceeding. Similar words: mitigation, investigation, obligation, coalition, negation, allegation, instigate, investigate. Meaning: [‚lɪtɪ'geɪʃn] n. a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights.
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31. At this stage it is worth emphasising that we still deal with personal injury litigation under an adversarial system.
32. The reform of arbitration procedure is a controversial subject, with many wishing to detach arbitration from close adherence to litigation procedures.
33. Fear of litigation by shareholders who felt cheated quickly established this practice after some early abuses.
34. Twenty years of litigation followed before militia leader John D.. Lee paid for the massacre with his life.
35. This has left a section of the community without effective access to legal services for expensive litigation.
36. So the court has full discretion over litigation costs incurred in proceedings between mortgagor and mortgagee.
37. The sheer abundance of lawyers tends to promote excessive litigation.
38. Mark Waite of Sugarlands, Texas, does commercial litigation, which is the most grueling and unpredictable legal work.
39. If a statutory definition were to be promulgated, it would lead to confusion, and a spate of litigation.
40. It will specialise in corporate, insurance litigation and private client work.
41. The bias litigation boom is in large measure traceable to key changes in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
42. If this had been ordinary civil litigation I would have agreed.
43. Such obstructionism is a major contributor to delay and the high cost of litigation.
44. Thus the legal aid scheme permits those eligible to take the risk of litigation at the possible expense of the Fund.
45. An automobile collision happens in seconds, but if there is an injury, the litigation can drag on for years.
46. He also engaged in endless litigation against the media which he considered was misrepresenting him.
47. The upshot of the litigation was that the non-litigation costs, together with the litigation costs, were taxed by the taxing master.
48. While no-fault insurance has failed in other states, supporters contend that this is the first initiative to curtail litigation severely.
49. Since each matrimonial property or custody dispute is to be decided according to judicial discretion the result is that litigation abounds.
50. The consultants also reviewed certain expansion issues to provide advice on matters of potential litigation.
51. During the litigation orders were made for certain of the defendants' costs to be taxed on a standard basis.
52. Further reading 2 Practice development Introduction Most high street practices will undertake a certain amount of personal injury litigation.
53. This aspect of the Tynagh discovery was never reported in the press and litigation was not initiated by the injured parties.
54. Abbott in a statement denied wrongdoing and said it agreed to the settlement to avoid costly litigation.
55. Unions have often provided the continuity behind such litigation when the employee is unable to do so.
56. And I think there are more effective ways to win cases,(www.Sentencedict.com) anyway-through mediation rather than ramrod litigation.
57. It is our policy not to comment on pending litigation.
58. Always consider the economic practicalities of getting and enforcing judgement before starting litigation.
59. A seven-figure payout was agreed without litigation, although Mr Schlichtmann admits that the threat of litigation is always there.
60. This all changes with the introduction consequent upon the Civil Justice Review of court management of litigation.
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