litigious society

collocation in English

meaningsoflitigiousandsociety

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litigious
adjective
uk
/lɪˈtɪdʒ.əs/us
/lɪˈtɪdʒ.əs/
too often taking arguments to a court of law for ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition oflitigiousandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Alitigioussocietycreated an increased need for litigation masters, while local magistrates had to rely ever more heavily on private secretaries.
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Local magistrates, for their part, abhorred thelitigioussociety.
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With new developments such an increasinglylitigioussocietyand more emphasis on the rights of research participants this is a particularly relevant section.
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In thelitigioussocietyin which we live, healthcare decisions always have the possibility of winding up in a courtroom.
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Given thelitigioussocietywe cohabitate, avoiding mistakes is the key to sound risk management.
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Perhaps inevitably in the context of an ever-morelitigioussociety, that, if anything, seems to be getting stronger.
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We live in an increasinglylitigioussociety, where the number of judges required to perform judicial functions is constantly increasing.
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We live in a much morelitigioussocietythan we did 20 or 30 years ago.
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I never put a claim in for that, but something might come in the future, in ourlitigioussociety.
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The point is that even trained and expert volunteers can be vulnerable because of the increasinglylitigioussocietyin which we live.
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I appreciate that we operate in alitigioussociety.
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Frankly, we have gone in the wrong direction, in response to an increasinglylitigioussociety.
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Sadly, we have become a verylitigioussocietyand it is therefore important that the law should be as clear-cut as possible.
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It is the mostlitigioussocietythere is, mostly due to its system of contingency fees.
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We should bring them into the broad stream of limited liability and ensure that companies in ourlitigioussocietycan protect themselves properly.
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Sadly, we live in an increasinglylitigioussociety.
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Is he saying that a move towards a morelitigioussocietyis to be welcomed?
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We have become a morelitigioussociety.
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We are an increasinglylitigioussociety.
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But the country is now developing into alitigioussocietyand whenever there is a breath of an error of judgment or negligence actions for damages are immediately launched.
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