exceptio lis alibi pendens

Translingual

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Definitions
  • (legal) An exception taken by one of the parties in litigation that litigation between the same parties on the same cause of action is already pending in another court.

Etymology

Derived from Latin exceptiō (exception).

Origin

Latin

exceptiō

Gloss

exception

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