Litigation

Noun

 * 1)  The conduct of a lawsuit
 * There is ongoing litigation in this matter.
 * This law firm is known for its litigation practice.
 * That attorney has been chastized for his litigation behavior.

Adjectives for Litigation
expensive; sufficient; recent; weary; prolonged; bitter.

Verbs for Litigation
appeal—; clinch—; discharge—; dispose of —; dispute—; evidence—; execute—; judge ——; speed—; support—; —apprehends; — arraigns; —clashes; —distrains; —drags; —embroils; —impeaches; --indicts; —jars; —prosecutes; —squabbles.

Thesaurus
Kilkenny cats, action, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, case, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, cause, cause in court, combat, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, cut and thrust, debate, defense, disputation, dispute, enmity, fighting, flyting, hassle, hostility, hubbub, judicial process, lawsuit, legal action, legal case, legal proceedings, legal process, legal remedy, logomachy, paper war, passage of arms, polemic, polemics, proceedings, prosecution, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rhubarb, scrapping, set-to, squabbling, strife, struggle, suit, suit at law, verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangling

Etymology
litigate + -tion

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Dutch: procesvoering,, ,


 * Finnish: käräjöinti, oikeudenkäynti
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: судебный процесс