[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being litigious; readiness to go to law.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., VI. iv. § 9. This would minister matter of much litigiousnesse.
a. 1668. Davenant, Rutland House, Wks. (1673), 356. Farewel the happiness of the Nation when the populousness of the City argues the litigiousness of the Country.
1707. Atterbury, Vind. Doctr., 37. The Intemperance and Litigiousness, with which he reproaches some of them.
1791. Gentl. Mag., 20/2. Promiscuous ridicule and the weapons of litigiousness had been thrown into the crowd.
1841. Elphinstone, Hist. Ind., I. 467. Strangers are now struck with the litigiousness … of the natives.
1866. Daily Tel., 31 Jan., 6/6. The Corporation is notorious for its obstructiveness and litigiousness.
