Pendente Lite Nihil Innovetur
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
During a litigation, nothing should be changed. Co. Litt. 344. See 20 How. (U. S.) 106; Cross, Liens, 140; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. §406; 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 441; 6 Barb. (N. Y.) 33. PENDENTES (Lat.)
In civil law. The fruits of the earth not yet separated from the ground; the fruits hanging by the roots. Ersk. Inst. bk. 2, lib. 2, § 4.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
During the pendency of the action nothing should be changed. See 20 How. (U. S.) 106, 15 L. Ed. 833.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Co. Litt. 344. During a litigation nothing new shouid be introduced.