Each pregnancy lasts for three months, three weeks, and three days. Sows will have an average of 2.5 litters every year for three or four years, most of which is spent in the crates. They give birth to between five and eight litters before being slaughtered.
lis pendens. (lease pen-dense) n. Latin for a suit pending, a written notice that a lawsuit has been filed which concerns the title to real property or some interest in that real property. The lis pendens (or notice of pending action) is filed with the clerk of the court, certified that it has been filed, and then recorded with the County Recorder.
The rule of lis pendens arises when a suit concerning property commences, and provides that a purchaser may be bound by the judgment in the action without being made a party. Its object is to keep the subject matter within the court's jurisdiction and allows the court to give effect to its judgment.