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Definition: Vexatious suit
Vexatious
\Vex*a"tious\, a. [See
Vexation.]
1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a
vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor.
“Continual
vexatious wars.” --South.
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2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.
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He leads a vexatious life. --Sir K.
Digby.
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Vexatious suit (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of
giving trouble, or without cause.
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Vex*a"tious*ly, adv. --
Vex*a"tious*ness, n.
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