lis pendens
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 69 U.S. 237 - Miller v. Sherry · 1864Most cited · 91 citing opinions
To have that effect, a bill must be so definite in the description, that any one reading it can learn thereby what property is intended to be made the subject of litigation.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A suit pending; that legal process, in a suit regarding land, which amounts to legal notice to all the world that there is a dispute as to the title. In equity the filing of the bill and serving a subpœna creates a Its pendens, except when statutes require some record. Stim. Law Gloss. See Boyd v. Emmons, 103 Ky. 393, 45 S. W. 364; Tinsley v. Rice, 105 Ga. 285, 31 S. E. 174; Bowen v. Kirkland, 17 Tex. Civ. App. 346, 44 S. W. 189; Hines v. Duncan, 79 Ala. 117, 58 Am. Rep. 580.
In the civil law. A suit pending. A suit was not said to be pending before that stage of it called "litis contestatio, (q. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 219; Calvin,
Defined under Lis in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
<A suit pending; that legal process, in a suit regarding lant, which amounts te legal notice to all the world that there is adisputeas tothe litle, In equity the filing of the bill and serving a subpoena creales a dis pendens, except when statutes require some record. Stim, Law Gloss.
In the civil law. A suit pending. A suit was not said to be pending before that stage of it called “titis contesiatio,” (gq. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 219. Calvin.