pendency of a suit

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• Pendency — Pend en*cy, n. 1. The quality or state of being pendent or suspended. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit. Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pendency — ˈpendənsē, si noun ( es) Etymology: pendent (I) + cy : the state of being pending during the pendency of a suit at law during the pendency of the war …   Useful english dictionary

• pendency of action — The status of an action or suit from the time it is commenced until its final determination by judgment or order. McDowell v Blythe Bros. Co. 236 NC 396, 72 SE2d 860. The period of life of an action from the time of its commence ment to its final …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• temporary suit money — An interim or preliminary allowance of counsel fees to the wife made during the pendency of an action for divorce. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 576 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Illinois — • One of the United States of America, bounded on the north by Wisconsin, on the west by the Mississippi, which separates it from Iowa and Missouri, on the south by the confluent waters of the Mississippi and the Ohio, which separate it from… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• pendente lite — During the pendency of the suit, action, or litigation; while the suit, action, or litigation is pending …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• administration of estates — The management and settlement of the estate of an intestate decedent, or of a testator who has no executor, performed under the supervision of a court, by a person duly qualified and legally appointed, and usually involving: (1) the collection of …   Black's law dictionary

• adminstraiton pendente lite — Pendente lite. Administration granted during the pendency of a suit touching the validity of a will …   Black's law dictionary

• de arrestandis bonis ne dissipentur — /diy aerastaendas bownas niy dasapentar/ An old writ which lay to seize goods in the hands of a party during the pendency of a suit, to prevent their being made away with …   Black's law dictionary

• de estrepamento — /diy astrepamentow/ A writ which lay to prevent or stay waste by a tenant, during the pendency of a suit against him to recover the lands …   Black's law dictionary

• administration of estates — The management and settlement of the estate of an intestate decedent, or of a testator who has no executor, performed under the supervision of a court, by a person duly qualified and legally appointed, and usually involving: (1) the collection of …   Black's law dictionary