Kilkenny cats, action, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, case, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, cause, cause in court, combat, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, cut and thrust, debate, defense, disputation, dispute, enmity, fighting, flyting, hassle, hostility, hubbub, judicial process, lawsuit, legal action, legal case, legal proceedings, legal process, legal remedy, logomachy, paper war, passage of arms, polemic, polemics, proceedings, prosecution, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rhubarb, scrapping, set-to, squabbling, strife, struggle, suit, suit at law, verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangling