pending, adj. 1. Remaining undecided; awaiting decision (a pending case). 2. Parliamentary law. (Of a motion) under consideration; moved by a member and stated by the chair as a question for the meeting’s consideration. See CONSIDERATION(2); ON THE FLOOR. • A motion may be immediately pending, meaning that it is directly under consideration, being the […]
The power granted to a governmental body to spend public funds; esp., the congressional power to spend money for the payment of debt and provision of the common defense and general welfare of the United States. U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 1. [Cases: United States 82. C.J.S. United States § 155.]
pending-ordinance doctrine. The principle that a municipality may properly deny an application for a property use that, although it would satisfy existing law, would violate a law that is pending when the application is made. • This doctrine was judicially created, mainly to short-circuit landowners’ attempts to circumvent a new ordinance by applying for a
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suspending power 暂停实施权；中止法规权 17世纪晚期用于暂时中止任一法规或某些法规实施的一项王室权力。1673年查理二世颁布《信教自由令》〔Declaration of Indulgence〕,中止对不从国教者，即天主教徒的惩罚条令。下议院以该令与议会的立法权相牴触为由迫使国王撤销之，议会遂通过忠诚宣誓法〔Test Act〕。1687年詹姆斯二世颁布了一个类似上者的《信仰自由令》并要求在各教堂宣读，引起了七主教请愿反对该法令。1689年《权利法案》〔Bill of Right〕宣称：国王未经议会同意而自封的中止法规权是非法的。 (→Declaration of Indulgence)
A motion under consideration, even though other pending motions of higher rank may have taken precedence over it. Cf. immediately pending motion.
copending, adj. Patents. (Of serial applications filed in the same patent prosecution) before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at or near the same time and concerning the same invention. • A continuation or divisional application that is copending with its parent application benefits from the parent’s earlier filing date.
patent pending. The designation given to an invention while the Patent and Trademark Office is processing the patent application. • No protection against infringement exists, however, unless an actual patent is granted. — Abbr. pat. pend. [Cases: Patents 104. C.J.S. Patents §§ 145–147, 149–151, 173–175.]
patent pending 〈美〉专利未决 指在提交专利申请后至授予专利之前，接受专利和商标局审查的法律状态。专利申请人可以在产品上作相应标记(通常简作「Pat. Pend.」，也可用「已申请专利」〔patent applied for〕等语)，意在对那些潜在的仿冒者给予警告。但在此阶段并不存在针对侵权行为的保护，除非其最终被授予专利。严格而言，这一用语并不准确，因为既已获得专利，也就不存在未决状态，其真正含义是指专利申请处于未决状态。
The pending motion directly under consideration; the pending motion last stated by the chair and next in line for a vote. See pending motion; PRECEDENCE(4).
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deficit spending. The practice of making expenditures in excess of income, usu. from borrowed funds rather than actual revenues or surplus.