LIS PENDENS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pending lawsuit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lis pendens" is a kind of...):

action; action at law; legal action (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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