litigation
/ˌlɪt̬·ɪˈgeɪ·ʃən/ n [U] lawDefinition
› the process of taking an argument between people or groups to a court of law: Both sides agreed to the settlement to avoid the expense of litigation.
(Definition of litigation n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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