Etymology

lis pendens

Today it means: A notice of pending litigation against a property. Full definition →

Latin lis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromlis“dispute”
  2. English todaylis pendens

From Latin lis (“dispute”) + pendens (“pending”).

Words from the same roots

Latinlis all →

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