(UK, idiomatic) Of two people, to argue with one another.
2021, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19-292), Justice Gorsuch dissenting:
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(UK, law) Of two parties to a legal proceeding, to agree to argue about a particular legal claim.
: In one sense, the Court’s decision to pass over this complication may be understandable. After all, none of the parties before us questioned the application of a discovery rule in proceedings below, but joined issue only over how it sh…
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