Latin: In the civil law. Ownership, control, or direction of a suit A fiction of law by which the employment of an attorney or proctor (procurator) in a suit was authorized or justified, he being supposed to become, by the appointment of his principal (dominus) or client, the donv inus litis. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 4, tit 10, {$ 1246, 1247. Litis nomen omnem actionem signif icat, … [Read more...]

Works of authorship under copyright law which are expressed verbally or numerically such as a novel, computer source code. … [Read more...]

An obsolete term for the time during which a lawsuit is going on. The part of an action being depending and undetermined; the time during which an action is pending. See Lis pendens. … [Read more...]

In English ecclesiastical law. One who qualifies himself for holy orders by presenting himself as a person accomplished in classical learning, etc., not as a graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, etc … [Read more...]

In Spanish law. Litispendency. The condition of a suit pending in a court of justice. … [Read more...]