'Vexatious suit' definitions:
Definition of 'Vexatious suit'
From: GCIDE
- Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See Vexation.]
- 1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. "Continual vexatious wars." --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Full of vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed. [1913 Webster]
- He leads a vexatious life. --Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster]
- Vexatious suit (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause. [1913 Webster] -- {Vex*a"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]