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Vexatious litigation

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005160

Legal action initiated or pursued without sufficient grounds and solely to harass, annoy, or delay an opponent, or to cause unnecessary expense. Courts have the authority to declare a litigant vexatious and impose restrictions, such as requiring court permission before filing new lawsuits. This aims to prevent abuse of the legal system.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005160
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005160",
  "term": "Vexatious litigation",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Legal action initiated or pursued without sufficient grounds and solely to harass, annoy, or delay an opponent, or to cause unnecessary expense. Courts have the authority to declare a litigant vexatious and impose restrictions, such as requiring court permission before filing new lawsuits. This aims to prevent abuse of the legal system.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/vexatious-litigation/"
}

Record 5,287 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.