litigious

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/lɪˈtɪd͡ʒəs/

Definition of litigious

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Of or relating to litigation.

“This vvould of Neceſſity, breed an infinite Number of Brangles and litigious Suits in the Spiritual Courts, and put the vvretched Paſtor at perpetual Variance vvith his vvhole Pariſh.”

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adj

Of or relating to litigation.

“This vvould of Neceſſity, breed an infinite Number of Brangles and litigious Suits in the Spiritual Courts, and put the vvretched Paſtor at perpetual Variance vvith his vvhole Pariſh.”
Inclined to engage in lawsuits.

“Tearing a page out of Monsanto's own playbook, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), an advocacy group whose mandate is to represent the public's interest in the patent system, filed suit (PDF) on behalf of 60 organic farmers, small farm organizations, and seed businesses this week against the litigious agrichemical and genetically modified (GM) seed giant.”
“The United States is a litigious society.”
Argumentative or combative.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English litigious, from Latin lītigiōsus. Compare Middle French litigieux.

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