litigation
英 [lɪtɪ'geɪʃ(ə)n]
美 ['lɪtə'geʃən]
英語の語源
- litigation (n.)
- 1560s, "disputation," from Late Latin litigationem (nominative litigatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin litigare "to dispute, quarrel, strive," from phrase litem agere, from litem (nominative lis) "lawsuit, dispute, quarrel, strife" + agere "to drive, conduct" (see act). Meaning "act of carrying on a lawsuit" is from 1640s.
例文
- 1. The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year.
- その会社は前の監査人と丸1年間訴訟を起こしていた。
- 2.More and more vistims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.
- 訴訟を通じて冤罪を訴える被害者が増えている。
- 3.It was not unusual for the bank to involved in litigation over failed companies.
- 銀行はしばしば会社の倒産に関する訴訟に巻き込まれる。
- 4.NEPA litigation does cause substantial delays in a significant number of projects.
- 国家環境政策法に基づく起訴は確かにいくつかの工事の実質的な遅延を引き起こした。
- 5.The settlement ends more than four years of litigation on behalf of the residents.
- という和解協定は、住民を代表して提起された4年以上の訴訟を終結させた。
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