LIS ALIBI PENDENS

By SovConn | June 15, 2013

lis alibi pendens (lis al-<<schwa>>-bIpen-d<<schwa>>nz). [Latin] 1. A lawsuit pending elsewhere. 2.Hist. A preliminary defense that a case involving the same parties and the same subject is pending in another court. See LIS PENDENS .
[Blacks Law 8th]

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