pending lawsuit
1pending — [pen′diŋ] adj. [prp. of PEND, infl. by Fr pendant, L pendens] 1. not decided, determined, or established [a pending lawsuit, patent pending] 2. about to happen; impending prep. 1. throughout the course or process of; during [pending the review] …
2pending — ▪ I. pending pend‧ing 1 [ˈpendɪŋ] preposition formal while waiting for something, or until something happens: • A decision has been delayed pending further inquiries. [m0] ▪ II. pending pending 2 adjective …
3lis pendens — lis pen·dens / lis pen ˌdenz/ n [Latin] 1: a pending suit 2: a written notice of a pending suit involving property usu. filed in the appropriate office (as a registry of deeds) – called also notice of pendency; 3 a: the jurisdiction and control… …
4procedural law — Law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (e.g., in a suit). It is distinguished from substantive law (i.e., law that creates, defines, or regulates rights and duties). Procedural law …
5Lis pendens — is Latin for suit pending. [1] This may refer to any pending lawsuit or to a specific situation with a public notice of litigation that has been recorded in the same location where the title of real property has been recorded. This notice secures …
6lis pendens — A pending lawsuit. Typically a notice of lis pendens is filed of record with the court in which the suit is pending, if the subject matter of the lawsuit involves a dispute as to title to certain real estate. Although the notice of the lis… …
7PLANS — People for Legal and Non Sectarian Schools (PLANS) is an organization based in California in the United States which campaigns against the public funding of Waldorf methods charter schools alleging they violate the United States Constitution s… …
8amicus curiae — amicus cu·ri·ae / kyu̇r ē ˌī, ku̇r , ē ˌē/ n pl amici curiae [New Latin, literally, friend of the court]: one (as an individual or organization) that is not a party to a particular lawsuit but is allowed to advise the court regarding a point of… …
9Alycia Lane — Infobox journalist name = Alycia Lane caption = Alycia Lane birthname = birth date = birth date and age|1972|5|10 birth place = Lake Grove, New York age = death date = death place = education = occupation = Television journalist alias = gender =… …
10out-of-court settlement — n. An agreement reached privately by the parties to a lawsuit, settling their grievances and ending the lawsuit without intervention by the court. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …
