All litigate synonyms

verb litigate

• prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
• sue — to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages.
• appeal — If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• file — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
• petition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
• implead — to sue in a court of law.
• arraign — If someone is arraigned on a particular charge, they are brought before a court of law to answer that charge.
• impeach — to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
• accuse — If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.