Hypertext Webster Gateway: "litigious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Litigious \Li*ti"gious\, a. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
litigious
adj 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}]
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