litigable

American  

[lit-i-guh-buhl] / ˈlɪt ɪ gə bəl /

adjective

1. subject to litigation; actionable by a lawsuit.

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litigable British  

/ ˈlɪtɪɡəbəl /

adjective

1. law that may be the subject of litigation

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Usage

What does litigable mean? Litigable means subject to legal action, especially a lawsuit.It comes from the verb litigate, which means to engage in a legal proceeding, such as a lawsuit. It can mean to bring a lawsuit or to contest one. The word especially refers to what lawyers do in such a proceeding. In fact, another name for a lawyer is litigator, especially a lawyer who specializes in civil cases. The related word litigant refers to a person engaged in a lawsuit.The process of engaging in a legal proceeding is called litigation. To be in litigation typically means to be engaged in a civil legal proceeding (as opposed to a criminal one, in which one is said to be on trial).A case is described as litigable when it may be the subject of litigation. Whether or not a case is litigable is determined before it goes to court.Example: Published comments like these constitute libel and are considered litigable.

Etymology

Origin of litigable

1755–65; < Latin lītigā ( re ) to go to law ( litigate ) + -ble

Example Sentences

Fraught with fraud soon to be litigable, unregulated suppliers provide anyone anywhere with a personally designed private label naturopathic pharmacopeia, attractively packaged then sold with slick spin on pathology and need for treatment.

From New York Times

“The ubiquity of the Internet and the ease of a DVR in the cloud,” he said, is “most at risk in — if the Aereo decision goes against us, because essentially all innovation in that area would — I mean, be litigable.”

From New York Times

When they only rest upon a statute, however, they are always at least litigable at the suit of any tax-payer.

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