Pendency:
the time when something is pending (= waiting to happen), especially a legal or official process, or the state of being pending:
- He will be held in jail during the pendency of (= while waiting for) the trial.
- Very few people actually reconcile during the pendency of a divorce. [Cambridge Dictionary]
Noted in “Rumors Of Fox Settlement With Dominion? It’s Tougher Than You Think.” KeithDB, Daily Kos:
My settlement involved over 1,000 clients. Calculating the settlement for each was a daunting accounting issue. Once accomplished the specific monetary settlement offers had to be communicated to all of those clients, and their approval ascertained. Try doing that with 1,000+ people. Some of the client corporations (hospitals) had multiple changes in leadership over the pendency of the case with the new leaders having no idea the case even existed. I will say the calls to them were fun as I advised them of the surprise money coming in, but all that took time.
Imagine how many clerks something like that would have taken prior to computers.
