1. (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; quarrelsome; contentious\; fond of litigation.

2. (a.) Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to legal disputes.

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