litigiousness

Tendency toward lawsuits

Litigiousness is the quality of being inclined to engage in lawsuits or legal disputes.

A litigious person or organization tends to sue others readily, often over matters that might otherwise be resolved through negotiation or compromise.

The term carries a negative connotation, suggesting excessive or unnecessary resort to the courts.

The company's litigiousness made potential partners wary of doing business with them.

legal

lawsuit

Civil court proceeding

plaintiffCivil case initiator
defendantParty facing charges
tortActionable civil harm

damages · settlement · verdict · subpoena · deposition · complaint · summons · jurisdiction · class-action · injunction

combative

quarrelsome

Inclined to dispute

contentiousInclined toward disagreement
argumentativeInclined to dispute
disputatiousFond of arguing

confrontational · belligerent · antagonistic · pugnacious · combative · truculent · contrarian · pettifogging · caviling · nitpicking

conflict

dispute

Verbal clash over differences

disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
contentionAssertion or rivalry
strifeAngry, prolonged conflict

friction · discord · feud · grievance · complaint · acrimony · hostility · animosity · enmity · antagonism

courtroom

trial

Judicial examination of claims

judgeOne who decides
juryLegal decision-making body
gavelSmall ceremonial hammer

bailiff · testimony · witness · docket · bench · cross-examination · evidence · objection · sidebar · deliberation

Opposites

dispute resolution approach

litigiousnesscompromise

Agreement through mutual sacrifice

mediation · arbitration · conciliation · negotiation · settlement

interpersonal disposition

litigiousnesspeaceableness

Disposition against strife

agreeableness · cooperativeness · amicability · easygoingness · nonconfrontational

tolerance threshold

litigiousnessforbearance

Patient self-control, delayed enforcement

tolerance · forgiveness · magnanimity · leniency · patience

Family

litigant, litigious, litigation, litigator, litigate, litigated, litigators

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Rated G