Term: litigation: a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: actinometry: measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: metabolic acidosis: acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease)
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: redheaded woodpecker: black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: yellow mariposa tulip: mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: sisterhood: the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: xeroderma: a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: ground rent: payment for the right to occupy and improve a piece of land
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: keycard: a plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: positive pole: the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: drove: a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone