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Categories: Property

Definition (1910 Edition)

417; 6 Car. & P. 560.—Lis pendens. A suit pending; that legal process, in a suit regarding land, which amounts to legal notice to all the world that there is a dispute as to the title. In equity the filing of the bill and serving a subpena creates a lis pendens, except when statutes require some record. Stim.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.