Pending
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A petition for a highway, as soon as filed with the clerk of the proper court, is pending.
Wentworth v. Farmington, 48 N. H. 207.
Although judgment has been recovered in an action, the action is pending as long as such judgment remains unsatisfied. Wegman v. Childs, 41 N. Y. 169. "Pending" applies to a judgment on which successive 3?. /as. and venditionis have been issued, but not fully satisfied, Ulshaf er V. Stewart, 71 Pa. St. 170.