Definitions for pendency

pendency pen·den·cy

Spelling: [pen-duh n-see]
IPA: /ˈpɛn dən si/

Pendency is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in pendency (cdeennpy).

Definitions for pendency

noun

  1. the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.

Origin of pendency

1630-40 pend(ent) + -ency

Examples for pendency

It is the pendency of that crisis which has prompted me to address you to-night.

During the pendency of the suit for divorce the husband is liable to provide his wife with maintenance or alimony.

Second, She is exempted from personal restraint during the pendency of a divorce suit.

The school had been undertaken as a temporary resource, during the pendency of the legal measures necessary to obtain his estates.

During the pendency of an appeal, the sentence of the subordinate lodge is held in abeyance, and cannot; be enforced.

And how is it to be known whether it can be done with safety or not, but during the pendency of a negotiation?

What clearer proof could be given of the title to knot and pendency?

The pendency of these bills has brought out an important defect in the existing general dam act.

What should be thought of this, as taken in connection with the fate of the act and pendency of the Presidential election?

The city, which was without a garrison, opened negotiations, during the pendency of which it was taken by assault and pillaged.

Word Value for pendency
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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