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‖ penˈdente ˈlite Law. [L. pendente, ablative of pendens hanging, pendent, līte, abl. of līs lawsuit; lit. ‘with the lawsuit pending’.] While a suit is pending; during litigation: a Latin phrase of the Roman Law, often used in English context.
1726J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 235 Because he came in Pendente lite. a1736W. P. Williams Rep. II. 580 The ordinary should have power to grant administration during absence, as well as..pendente lite. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 340/1 The court will, generally speaking, allot alimony to the wife pendente lite, or during the continuance of the litigation. 1872Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 5) 719/1 Administration pendente lite is sometimes granted when an action is commenced in the Probate Court touching the validity of a will. 1964R. W. Hansen in A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children (1973) 240 This conflict may be revealed at the pre-trial hearing before the Family Court commissioner on pendente lite support orders, or at the time of trial before the court. 1972N.Y. Law Jrnl. 10 Oct. 1/7 Judge Motley also refused to enjoin the defendant..pendente lite from distributing its similarly designed loudspeakers. 1973Ibid. 31 Aug. 18/3 The cross motion for an order for renewal of plaintiff's motion for alimony pendente lite is denied, no sufficiently persuasive ground in support of same having been demonstrated. |