lis pendens in English

noun
1
a pending legal action, or a formal notice of this.
It follows from the comparison of the legislation mentioned above that a common concept of lis pendens cannot be arrived at by a rapprochement of the various relevant national provisions.

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1. 15 As regards Folio 2006, the shipowners moved the Admiralty Court to decline jurisdiction in favour of the Netherlands court pursuant to Article 21 of the Brussels Convention relating to lis pendens or, in the alternative, pursuant to Article 22 on related actions.