litigate

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In many states, the use of such mediation is mandatory before parents can litigate custody issues.
在很多州，在夫婦對簿公堂之前，這種調(diào)節(jié)過程是義務(wù)的。
When I litigate in New Jersey or New York, it takes five to ten years to get to trial. Out in Nevada, it only takes a year.
如果是在新澤西或者紐約提起訴訟，需要5到10年時間才能進行審判，而在內(nèi)華達，卻只需要1年時間。
A big problem with failure-to-hire cases, Nelson says, is that "most people who are looking for work don't have the resources to litigate."
尼爾森表示，對于求職落榜的案件，一個很大的問題是“找工作的人大多數(shù)都沒有提出訴訟的資源。”

More likely, no prior investor had been willing to spend money to litigate the matter.
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You need the resources of a large firm to litigate and try claims of that magnitude.
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to ask for a disagreement to be discussed in a court of law so that a judgment can be made that must be accepted by both sides in the argument