Lis pendens definition

Lis pendens means a notice filed in public records warning that title to certain real property is in litigation and the outcome of the litigation may affect the title.
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Lis pendens means "suit pending” in Latin. Lis pendens is taken as constructive notice of a pending lawsuit or an existing unsettled Department enforcement action and it serves to place a cloud on the title of the property in question until the enforcement action or suit is resolved and/or the lis pendens is released.
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Lis pendens. (待決案件) means a lis pendens-
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Examples of Lis pendens in a sentence

  • Lis pendens not to affect dealings with land under this Act To determine doubts which may arise as to the operation of lis pendens on land under this Act it is hereby declared that no lis pendens or registration of lis pendens shall affect or be deemed to have affected the right of any person to obtain the registration of any dealing under this Act or shall deprive or be deemed to have deprived any person dealing under this Act of the benefit of section 134 or of any other section of this Act.234.

  • Lis pendens notice under this provision is subject to principles of estoppel or commercial law governing negotiable instruments and documents, securities or quasi-negotiable instruments or documents; and to the provisions of Article 9 the Uniform Commercial Code [FN1] relating to the duration of filing.

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  • Default judgments.840.10 Lis pendens; who may file; effect when void; discharge.840.11 Highways; parks; record of order.840.12 Survey may be ordered.840.16 Land sold, where; limitation on sheriff; effect of deed.840.17 Judicial sale; report if sheriff incapacitated.840.18 Deeds by sheriffs’ successors.

  • Lis pendens not to affect dealings with land under this Act 210234.


More Definitions of Lis pendens

Lis pendens literally means pending suit. The purpose of lis pendens or notice of lis pendens is to give effective notice to third persons of litigation affecting property . . . .” Nat’l City Bank v. Shortridge, 689 N.E.2d 1248, 1252 (Ind.1997).
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Lis pendens means a lis pendens filed under RCW 4.28.320 or
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Lis pendens. MEANS A LIS PENDENS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 38-35-110 THAT IS RECORDED WITH THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE PROPERTY OR ANY PORTION THEREOF IS LOCATED AND THAT REFERS TO A JUDICIAL ACTION IN WHICH ONE OF THE CLAIMS IS FOR FORECLOSURE AND SALE OF THE PROPERTY BY AN OFFICER OR IN WHICH A CLAIM OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY IS ASSERTED.
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Lis pendens means: a case where, in respect of a criminal offence, a criminal prosecution has already been brought against a person, without a judgment having been delivered and where the case is already pending before a court;
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Lis pendens means a lis pendens filed under RCW 4.28.320 or 4.28.325 or other instrument having the effect of clouding the title to real property, however named, including consensual commercial lien, common law lien, commercial contractual lien, or demand for performance of public office lien, but does not include a lis pendens filed in connection with an action under Title 6, 60, other than chapter
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Lis pendens is a Latin phrase that means "suit pending." When a lender starts a fore- closure, a notice of lis pendens is recorded in the County Clerk's records. The notice of Lis Pendens' purpose is to inform the public that a lawsuit involving the property is pending. In other words, the lis pendens serves as actual and constructive notice to the world that there is a pending lawsuit concerning the real property.
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Lis pendens has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
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