Lis pendens is a formal notice of pending legal action, such as you might see in an upcoming foreclosure lawsuit. When a legal action against a homeowner is dropped, dismissal notices and releases of lis pendens also are filed.
Offaly, Irish Uibh FhailaÃ­, county in the province of Leinster, central Ireland. Offaly is bounded by Counties Westmeath and Meath (north), Kildare (east), Laoighis and Tipperary (south), and Galway and Roscommon (west). The River Shannon forms its western boundary. Tullamore, in central Offaly, is the county town (seat).
Organized as the semiautonomous Irish Free State by treaty with Great Britain in 1922, it officially became the sovereign state of Eire in 1937. Full independence came in 1949 when the Republic of Ireland was proclaimed, and the country withdrew from the Commonwealth. Dublin is the capital and the largest city.