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▪ I. lis1 Her.|liːs|
Pl. lis, lisses. Also 7 lize, 8 lys.
[a. F. lis lily.]
= fleur-de-lis 2.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. 572 Hee [Edw. III]..quartered the Flower de Lize with the Leopards..albeit wee see his former Seale also adorned with two Lize or Lillies. 1707Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. ii. 90 Or, within a double Tressure, Counter-flower'd Lys. 1870H. Jennings Rosicrucians vii. 45 Now of the ‘lisses’, as we shall elect to call them. Ibid. 46 The three ‘Lotuses’, or ‘Lisses’, were the coat of arms. 1888Athenæum 1 Dec. 742/1 A cross fleury with lions and lis in the angles.
▪ II. lis2, liss Irish Antiq.|lɪs|
[a. Ir. lios, OIr. liss, less = Welsh llys.]
A circular enclosure having an earthen wall; often used as a fort.
1845G. Petrie in Trans. R. Irish Acad. XX. 443 The great Rath or Lis, called Lismor, or the great fort. 1858B. O'Looney in Trans. Ossianic Soc. IV. 231 The nobles of this country are said to live in the great and large duns, fortresses, lisses, and raths. 1899W. B. Yeats Secret Rose in Wind among Reeds 49 Him who drove the gods out of their liss.
▪ III. ‖ lis, n.3 Law.|lɪs|
[L. līs quarrel, dispute. Cf. litigate v.]
A lawsuit; an action; a dispute. Usu. in one of the following phrs.: lis pendens |ˈpɛndɛnz|, a pending legal action; also, a formal notice of pending litigation; in abl. as lite pendente |ˈlɪteɪ pɛnˈdɛnteɪ|: see pendente lite advb. phr.; lis alibi pendens |ˈælɪbaɪ|, an action pending elsewhere (i.e., between the same parties in another court); lis mota |ˈməʊtə|, a legal action that has been initiated.
1601A. Copley Answere to Let. of Jesuited Gentleman 27 To decree against him lite pendente, was vnjust dealing. 1742T. Barnadiston Rep. Cases Chancery 454 A Bill that is not to be brought to Hearing is not such a Bill as can properly create a Lis Pendens so as to affect a Purchaser claiming under one of the Parties after the filing of the Bill. 1848Wharton Law Lex. 388/1 The statement of facts..on which the claim was founded, which..was to be deemed the commencement of the lis mota. Ibid., No lis pendens shall bind a purchaser or mortgagee without express notice thereof. 1872Law Jrnl. Rep. Queen's Bench XLI. 170/1 A lis pendens does not bind purchasers or mortgagees in the absence of express notice. 1932Law Rep. King's Bench II. 386 There can be no lis until the rights and duties are ascertained and thereafter questioned by litigation. 1959Jowitt Dict. Eng. Law II. 1100/2 Lis alibi pendens, a suit pending elsewhere. 1987Times 13 Mar. 31/8 It was the duty of counsel and solicitors.., whenever an event occurred which arguably disposed of the lis,..to bring the facts promptly to the attention of the appellate court. |