Li*ti"gious (?), a. [L. litigiosus, fr. litigium dispute, quarrel, fr. litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See Litigation.]
1.
Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.
" A pettifogging attorney or a
litigious client."
Macaulay.
Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still
Litigious men, who guarrels move.
Donne.
2.
Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.
Shak.
No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds,
Distinguished acres of litigious grounds.
Dryden.
3.
Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar.
Young.
© Webster 1913.