Used in a Sentence

litigate

How to use litigate in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for litigate.

Editorial note

Those who can compete, do. Those who can't litigate.

Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

engage in legal proceedings

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of litigate gathered in one view.

verb

engage in legal proceedings

verb

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for litigate.

verb

engage in legal proceedings

verb

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"

Example sentences

1

Those who can compete, do. Those who can't litigate.

2

Painful though it may be, you never ever litigate on principle.

3

Right now, Apple's strategy seems to be more of 'litigate' than innovate.

4

So it'd be very much "obey us or we will litigate you into bending your knee anyway.

5

We will never assert or litigate the patents in our portfolio.

6

Tactically, though, that only matters if you litigate the contract.

7

There are other industries that don't litigate like this, but none the less experience a wide diversity of innovation.

8

The question is, can Sweden objectively and fairly litigate a rape charge involving Julian Assange?

9

You're attempting to re-litigate something in public court that was already handled in actual, real-people court almost 20 years ago.

10

It sounds like a cleaned up version of this scheme might still be legal and profitable: Get actual porn copyright owners on board, pay their taxes, maybe actually litigate a case or two.

11

People like to pretend they're mad at the government overstepping its Constitutional boundaries, but what they're really mad about is the failure of their attempt to re-litigate the division of power between government and the people.

12

Apple might well be able to make a case on appeal that it should be allowed to continue to litigate against Lodsys, on grounds that the same issue is likely to come up again and be settled again, thereby evading judicial review.

13

They don't want to litigate this with Facebook, they don't want a chance of it leaking ... Facebook also being a highly regulated industry, having all kinds of issues with privacy and whatever else doesn't want to antagonize the government, so they negotiate it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use litigate in a sentence?

Those who can compete, do. Those who can't litigate.

What does litigate mean?

engage in legal proceedings

What part of speech is litigate?

litigate is commonly used as verb.