A conflict or controversy; a conflict of claims or rights; an assertion of a right, claim, or demand on one side, met by contrary claims or allegations on the other. Slaven v. wheeler, 58 Tex. 25; Keith v. Levi (C. C.) 2 Fed. 745; Ft. Pitt Gas Co. v. Borough of Sewickley, 198 Pa. 201, 47 Atl. 957; Railroad Co. v. Clark, 92 Fed. 968, 35 O. C. A. 120
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
