0 past simple and past participle of litigate
1 to ask for a disagreement to be discussed in a court of law so that a judgment can be made that must be accepted by both sides in the argument
The claims that have positive expected value are litigated.
Why should the benchmark for positive or normative analysis be whether the case would be profitable for plaintiff if it were litigated to a conclusion?
Nevertheless, he also points out, "the people for their part litigated insistently" (p. 212).
Flaws in the software itself that lead to patient harm will likely be litigated as product liability suits filed against the software developer or manufacturer.
If the decision of every new case involves making new law, and as this is equally true of all cases whether litigated or not, then law cannot guide action.
The idea that rights will and can be protected only by courts also gives insufficient attention to the possible occurrence of rights infringements that may never be litigated.
My point is that a whole series of arguments could end up having to he litigated on in the county court.
If they are not satisfied, then, of course, no certificate could be granted and this matter would have to be litigated in the ordinary way.
