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controversy legal definition
noun
- A difference in views, especially in public, between individuals taking opposite sides on a particular issue.
- In constitutional law, an actual, definite, and concrete dispute over legal rights between parties with adverse interests wherein one party is seeking an adjudication of the dispute and specific relief of a conclusive nature. Also called case or controversy requirement. See also adversary proceeding.
separable controversy
A cause of action or claim that is part of a lawsuit, but
is independent and separate from the other causes of action and claims in the
action and can be severed and litigated separately from them.
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