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† litisˈpendence Obs. rare—0.
[a. OF. litispendence (F. litispendance), ad. late L. lītispendentia, f. lītis (see prec.) + pendentia, n. of state f. pendēre to hang.]
a. (See quot. 1706.)
b. A plea that another action is pending.
1656Blount Glossogr., Litispendence, the hanging of a suit till it be tried or decided. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Litispendence, the time during which a Law-suit is depending. 1728in Bailey, and in some mod. Dicts. |