Pendens lis,

Definition of Pendens lis:

1. A pending legal action, or a formal notice of one.

2. Changes, claims, disputes, interests, or proceedings relating to land, which must be recorded in the register for pending actions. Latin for, a pending action.

3. Legal rule that filing of a lawsuit constitutes notice of the claim asserted in it. Thus, any interest acquired in a property which is the subject matter of a lawsuit is subject to its outcome. Written also as lis pendens. See also pendente lite.

How to use Pendens lis in a sentence?

1. It follows from the comparison of the legislation mentioned above that a common concept of lis pendens cannot be arrived at by a rapprochement of the various relevant national provisions.