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pendente lite
[ pen-den-tee lahy-tee ]
adverb
- during litigation; while a suit is in progress.
pendente lite
/ pɛnˈdɛntɪ ˈlaɪtɪ /
adjective
- law while a suit is pending
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pendente lite1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pendente lite1
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Example Sentences
They get an injunction pendente lite, and not alone that, but we have to deliver up to them everything pendente lite.
You chuckled at her writing letters to the plaintiff pendente lite.
That must be pendente lite, an interlocutory proceeding, in the action.
If this complainant is going to be defrauded I will enjoin this contract pendente lite and appoint a receiver.
His head's sticking out quite clear, and'--Eames rushed the fence--'we've put him in your garage--er pendente lite.'
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