pendency
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈpɛndənsi/
- Formal
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pendencia
- "Over time, the PTO has not evolved quickly enough to keep up with America's changing climate of innovation." The average pendency for a patent application is 38 months.
- pendency of the case
- patent pendency
Examples
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During the pendency of this matter, the Colters have been exposed to many additional facts that would cause a reasonable person to conclude that Jill's termination was not based in any way upon her illness.
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According to the court, "Mr. Lemelson systematically extended the pendency of his applications by sitting on his rights and sequentially filing one application at a time so that he could maintain copendency while waiting for viable commercial systems to be designed and marketed."
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The city has also not proposed a balanced budget, nor has it filed a Pendency Plan to adjust its debts.
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More particularly, it reports on the pendency of applications at FOAM for each art unit averaged over the months of June, July, and August 2012.
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The booths were attended during the festival itself, but were left standing overnight during the pendency of the event.
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Equally important, the parents of these teens will not be under the court's jurisdiction and, therefore, will have no formal obligation to monitor and support their child during the pendency of the case or while the youth is on probation.
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For example, by hiring an experienced DUI attorney, the client can file suit to have a stay of the suspension during the pendency of the DUI action.
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This means that the bankruptcy court cannot compel the debtor to continue to pay certain obligations during the pendency of the case (79).
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In Arun Alias Bheem, Sukkey v. State of U.P. 54, during the pendency of the trial, a new Act came into existence, i.e., JJ Act, 2000.
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The lawyer explained the lengthy pendency of the case to her client who was eager for a resolution.
Synonyms
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6.3
A state in which a plan or request waits without a decision
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7.2
Waiting without a clear decision or result
The time or stage before a decision is made
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pendency comes from the Latin verb pendere meaning 'to hang', the same root you see in pending and pendulum. Think of a decision 'hanging' in the air—while something is in pendency, it is still waiting and not yet decided.