pendente lite

[ pen-den-tee lahy-tee ]

/ pɛnˈdɛn ti ˈlaɪ ti /

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adverb Law.

during litigation; while a suit is in progress.

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Origin of pendente lite

1720–30; <Latin: literally, with a lawsuit pending

Words nearby pendente lite

Penda, pendant, Pendelikon, pendency, pendent, pendente lite, pendentive, Penderecki, pending, Pendleton, Pendolino

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How to use pendente lite in a sentence

They get an injunction pendente lite, and not alone that, but we have to deliver up to them everything pendente lite.
Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright|United States Committee on Patents
You chuckled at her writing letters to the plaintiff pendente lite.
A Terrible Temptation|Charles Reade
That must be pendente lite, an interlocutory proceeding, in the action.
The Ivory Gate, a new edition|Walter Besant
If this complainant is going to be defrauded I will enjoin this contract pendente lite and appoint a receiver.
Tutt and Mr. Tutt|Arthur Train

His head's sticking out quite clear, and'--Eames rushed the fence--'we've put him in your garage--er pendente lite.'
A Diversity of Creatures|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for pendente lite

pendente lite

/ (pɛnˈdɛntɪ ˈlaɪtɪ) /

adjective

law while a suit is pending

Word Origin for pendente lite

Latin, literally: with litigation pending

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