For example, there once was a time when men with dark brown skin were not permitted to enjoy the same civil rights as men with significantly lighter skin. Another kind of law is the spiritual force that sometimes seems to be directing all of us to make a better world for ourselves and our children, a law very difficult to pin down. Another kind of law is a speed-limit sign.
Gravity is yet another.
Leading Question See Cross-Examination . When a lawsuit is filed over the right to possess real property or otherwise affecting rights in real property, the savvy litigant also files a notice to alert the rest of the world that rights to the parcel of real property are in dispute. If third parties search the public record before dealing with the purported owners of such property, they will find the notice of lis pendens and be duly warned that title in the property is disputed. Caution should be exercised before filing a lis pendens, however, for unless there exist legitimate claims in the property adverse to those of the owner of record, the party filing a lis pendens may be held responsible for damages to the owner and those seeking to deal with the owner in regard to the property. On the other hand, if the lawsuit legitimately challenges claims of interest in the real property, filing a lis pendens so notifies others and tends to prevent the purported owner from selling or otherwise disposing of the property until the relevant issues are formally resolved by the court.