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.
Recording a lis pendens requires a real property claim that is a cause of action that would, if meritorious, affects the title or the right to possession to the property. It must be recorded in an action to quiet title to real property, for partition of real property, and in other specified circumstances.