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pen•den•cy

(ˈpɛn dən si)

n., pl. -cies.
the state of being pending.
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It has also asked for a direction to increase working hours in all courts in view of the huge pendency of cases.
Preliminary injunction order is essentially what we call a pending relief so it runs during the pendency of the court," he said.
The Federal Ombudsman accentuated upon investigating officers of Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat to clear pendency in the shortest possible time to provide maximum relief to complainants.
The statistics released by the Lahore High Court (LHC) show that from Jan 1, 2019, to May 31, despite institution of 1,027,052 new cases, the district judiciary disposed of 1,077,310 cases, minimising the overall pendency.
ISLAMABAD -- An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Monday adjourned proceeding on MQM's leader Imran Farooq's murder case till July 15, due to pendency of a FIA appeal to Islamabad High Court (IHC).
'Let an amended order be issued in these cases directing the Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to prevent accused Police Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Dumlao III from utilizing all airports and seaports of the Philippine islands to escape and flee to another country during the pendency of these cases,' read the court's order.
With no interest provision in the fee agreement, the attorney creditors contended that the commonwealth's 12-percent statutory interest rate for contract judgments applied to their claim secured by attachments on Gianasmidis' real estate interests for the pendency of his bankruptcy.
Article 10(7) reads as: 'Any member, against whom a complaint is referred by the Chairman to the adjudicator, shall not be allowed to attend any meeting of the Board of Governors or any committee during the pendency of proceedings before the adjudicator.'
Sharing data of institutions and disposal of cases after the implementation of the Unity Policy at District Judiciary to gauge the performance of Judicial Officers, the Registrar said that total recorded pendency at the end of September 2018 was 204958 which has been reduced to 199,365 cases during last six months.
The registrar said that hectic efforts were being made to reduce the pendency by 25 to 30 per cent by the end of August 2019 which would be great achievement.
He said all officers must ensure that there is no pendency and cases are disposed off without delay.