Lis pendens

Lis Pendens
(n) Lis Pendence is the notification made to refer the existence of a legal suit, pending legal claim in the property under reference. The Latin word means suit pending with reference to that property.

Lis Pendens When a lawsuit is filed over the right to possess real property or otherwise affecting rights in real property, ...

Lis Pendens:
A dispute which is the subject of ongoing or pending litigation.

Lis pendens
Latin: a dispute or matter which is the subject of ongoing or pending litigation.

Lis Pendens
A legal notice recorded to show pending litigation relating to real property and giving notice that anyone acquiring an interest in said property subsequent to the date of the notice may be bound by the outcome of the litigation.

Lis Pendens: A pending lawsuit. Jurisdiction or control that courts have over property in a case waiting for final disposition. A notice of lis pendens is filed on the land records.
Litigant: A party to a case.

lis pendens
(lease pen-dense) n. Latin for "a suit pending," a written notice that a lawsuit has been filed which concerns the title to real property or some interest in that real property.

lis pendens - A pending suit.
litigant - A party to a lawsuit; one engaged in litigation.
locus delicti - The place of the offense.

Lis Pendens
A pending suit. Jurisdiction, power, or control which courts acquire over property in a suit pending action and until final judgment.

lis pendens Literally means a suit pending; usually used to describe a procedure, in litigation involving land, by which the parties give notice to the world of the dispute regarding title.

lis pendens: Jurisdiction of a court over property until final decision of a case; from the Latin for "a pending suit."
litigants: The parties (sides) involved in a lawsuit.
litigate: To conduct or engage in a lawsuit.

Legal Definition of CaveatCertificate of Pending Litigation A registration or/of a notice or warning that litigation is ongoing as to ownership of a particular piece of land or other real property; also known as a certificate of lis pendens.

Lis pendens. A suit in progress: a suit pending. Pendente lite. While a suit pends; during the continuance of litigation. Lis pendens is said to be general notice to all the world.

18. - 6. When a suit is instituted by a single woman, or by her and others, and she afterwards marries, lis pendens, the suit abates. 1 Chit. Pl. 437; 14 Mass. R. 295; Brayt. R. 21.

(the bank) files a lawsuit against the defaulted mortgagor to establish the amount of default and the right of a lender to sell the house/apartment and satisfy the outstanding debt. After a lawsuit has been filed, the lender files a "lis pendens" ...

Vide Auter action pendant; Lis pendens: Privilege; Rights. Arrest, In Criminal Cases. The apprehending or detaining of the person, in order to be forthcoming to answer an alleged or suspected crime.

Lis pendens: (Latin: pending action) Registration of a pending action against the owner of land. It does not bind any subsequent purchaser of the land until a memorandum is registered in court.

See also: Property, Pending, Law, Public, Person