Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Litigious

Litigious , adjective

[Latin litigiosus, from litigium dispute, quarrel, from litigare: compare French litigieux. See Litigation.]

1.
Inclined to initiate lawsuits; given to the practice of contending in law; fond of litigation.
A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client. — Macaulay
Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who quarrels move. — Donne
2.
Quarrelsome; contentious; argumentative.
3.
Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious. — Shakespeare
No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished acres of litigious grounds. — Dryden
4.
Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar. — Young