{"id":16805,"date":"2018-07-07T21:36:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T21:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16805"},"modified":"2018-07-07T21:52:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T21:52:43","slug":"vexatious-suit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16805","title":{"rendered":"vexatious suit – instituted maliciously and without good grounds, meant to create trouble and expense for the party being sued"},"content":{"rendered":"

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vexacious suit:<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>(17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A lawsuit<\/a> instituted maliciously<\/a> and without good grounds, meant to create trouble and expense for the party being sued.<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 aka<\/span> vexatious litigation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>;<\/span> vexatious lawsuit<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>;<\/span> vexatious proceeding<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>. [1]<\/span>
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1. Litigation for the purpose of harassing, annoying, and vexing an <\/b>appointment<\/b><\/span><\/span>, rather than for the adjudication of rights, being invoked, not for the attainment of justice, but to fu<\/b>rther or satisfy a malicious<\/a> motive. 28 Am J Rev ed Inj\u00a0\u00a7 210<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Litigation for the purpose of harassing and annoying an opponent, rather than for the purpose of adjudicating rights; a frivolous suit.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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