pendente lite

American  

[pen-den-tee lahy-tee] / pɛnˈdɛn ti ˈlaɪ ti /

adverb

Law.

1. during litigation; while a suit is in progress.

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pendente lite British  

/ pɛnˈdɛntɪ ˈlaɪtɪ /

adjective

1. law while a suit is pending

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Etymology

Origin of pendente lite

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

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Example Sentences

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pendente lite

His head's sticking out quite clear, and'--Eames rushed the fence--'we've put him in your garage--er pendente lite.'

From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling

You chuckled at her writing letters to the plaintiff pendente lite.

From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Charles Reade

"If this complainant is going to be defrauded I will enjoin this contract pendente lite and appoint a receiver."

From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train

The first, of bargain and contract for reward to pervert justice, pendente lite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Brief on brief had been presented to the King, ordering him to separate from Anne Boleyn pendente lite, but the King had paid no attention to them—had married the Lady and divorced the Queen.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude

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