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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Litigious \Li*ti"gious\, adjective [L. litigiosus, fr. litigium dispute, quarrel, fr. litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See {Litigation}.]
1. Inclined to initiate lawsuits; given to the practice of contending in law; fond of litigation. '' A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client.'' --Macaulay.
Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who quarrels move. --Donne.
2. Hence: Quarrelsome; contentious; argumentative.
3. Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious. --Shak.
No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished acres of litigious grounds. --Dryden.
4. Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar. --Young.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
litigious
adjective
1: of or relating to litigation
2: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: {contentious}, {disputatious}, {disputative}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "litigious": actionable, aggressive, argumental, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, causidical, combative, contentious, controversial, dialectic, disputatious, divisive, eristic, factional, factious, ill-humored, irascible, irritable, litigable, litigant, litigatory, logomachic, partisan, pilpulistic, polarizing, polemic, polemical, pro and con, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, shrewish, wrangling
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