A judicial controversy. A contest in a court of justice, for the purpose of enforcing a right. The process bringing about and engaging in a lawsuit. Typically refers to trial court practice. … [Read more...]

Maintenance; support. … [Read more...]

In Scotch law. The pendency of a suit; it is a tacit legal prohibition of alienation, to the disappointment of an action, or of diligence, the direct object of which is to obtain i possession, or to acquire the property of a particular subject The effect of it is analogous to that of inhibition. Bell. … [Read more...]

1. In English law. Delivery of possession of their lands to the king's tenants in capite or tenants by knight's service. 2. A writ which may be sued out by a ward in chivalry, on reaching his majority, to obtain delivery of the possession of his lands out of the hands of the guardian. 2 Bl. Comm. 68. 3. A particular dress or garb appropriate or peculiar to certain persons, as … [Read more...]

Spanish meaning Litigious; the subject of litigation; a term applied to property which is the subject of dispute or a pending suit. … [Read more...]