Hang
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old practice. To remain undetermined. "It has hung long enough; it is time it were made an end of."
Holt, C. J., 1 Show. 77.
Thus, the present participle means pending; during the pendency. "If the tenant alien, hanging the prœcipe."
Co. Litt. 266a.