Lis pendens

(Latin) pending lawsuit that is registered on a court agenda

Lis pendens is Latin for "suit pending." This may refer to any pending lawsuit or to a specific situation with a public notice of litigation that has been recorded in the same location where the title of real property has been recorded. This notice secures a plaintiff's claim on the property so that the sale, mortgage, or encumbrance of the property will not diminish plaintiff's rights to the property, should plaintiff prevail in its case. In some jurisdictions, when it is properly recorded, Lis pendens is considered constructive notice to the other litigants or other unrecorded or subordinate lienholders. Sometimes abbreviated as "lis pend".
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Noun
1. a pending lawsuit
(hypernym) legal action, action, action at law
(classification) law, jurisprudence

Latin: a dispute or matter which is the subject of ongoing or pending litigation. - (read more on Lis pendens)