lengthy litigation

collocation in English

meaningsoflengthyandlitigation

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lengthy
adjective
uk
/ˈleŋ.θi/us
/ˈleŋ.θi/
continuing for a ...
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litigation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌlɪt.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌlɪt̬.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the process of taking a case to a court of law so that a judgment can ...
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(Definition oflengthyandlitigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Whatever the merits of a bid, it is in no one's interest that it should become the subject oflengthylitigation.
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Inescapably, many parents— probably the great majority—find the cost oflengthylitigationbeyond them.
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It avoidslengthylitigationand enables cases to be sorted out in private.
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They will not have to wait month after month until the result oflengthylitigationis known.
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They will not therefore be legally binding in the sense that they will not be the subject oflengthylitigationin the courts at the expense of patient care.
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Generally speaking, it has not been available readily to those in the large middle income group which predominates, because they cannot afford to undertake the burden oflengthylitigation.
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I believe that it is in everyone's interests for the procedures for redress to be effective and, wherever possible, informal, so as to avoid expensive andlengthylitigation.
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If, however, the council is to exercise its powers speedily and effectively to prevent scandals, it must not be inhibited by the threat oflengthylitigation.
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I believe that it is in everyone's interest for the procedures for redress to be effective and, wherever possible, to be informal so as to avoid expensive andlengthylitigation.
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Lengthylitigationand the intervention of the king were ultimately required before things were normalized.
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The loss of the ship was the subject oflengthylitigationbetween the owner and families of the missing men.
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Their statement also indicated that they feared anyone fired could sue, leading tolengthylitigation.
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Afterlengthylitigationand negotiation, the government agreed to buy back some of the properties and remove the contaminated soil.
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After extensive andlengthylitigationhis heirs eventually put the estate up for auction.
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However, the college advocates out-of-court settlements tolengthylitigation.
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They separated in 1999 and divorced afterlengthylitigationin 2003.
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The copyright and trademarks, which had been held by two foundations, were revoked in 2004 after alengthylitigationbecause the earliest versions had been circulated without a copyright notice.
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Barrows lost thelengthylitigationthat followed.
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