Begun, hut not yet completed ; unsettled; undetermined; in process of settlement or adjustment. Thus, an action or suit is said to be “pending” from its inception until the rendition of final judg-ment. wentworth v. Farmington, 48 N. H. 210; Manney v. Pemberton, 75 N. C. 221; Ex parte Munford, 57 Mo. 603
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
