Where a case, bill, company or project stands now
How to check current status, what pending, stayed, vacated, dissolved and closed mean, and where official status lookups live.
Updated 6 November 2026
Case status
Appeal pending: what it meansWhat appeal pending means on a court record, whether the lower court decision stays in force, and how to check an appeal in the US, UK, EU and India.Court case status terms explainedWhat docket, pending, disposed, dismissed, affirmed, reversed and permission to appeal mean in court records in the US, UK, EU and India.How to check the current status of a public matterA five-step method to find the official record for a court case, bill or company, read its latest dated entry and spot what the record leaves out.How to read an as-of dateHow to tell the date a record was last updated from the date an event took effect, with examples from court, parliament, company and World Bank records.Stayed, vacated and remanded explainedWhat it means when a court case or order is stayed, vacated, remanded, reversed or affirmed, with the US and England and Wales rules behind each term.
Bill status
Company and project status
Company status terms comparedWhat active, dormant, in administration, liquidation, struck off, dissolved and deregistered mean on company registers in the UK, Australia and the US.Development bank project status explainedWhat pipeline, active, closed and dropped mean on World Bank project records, how they map to the project cycle, and which documents confirm each stage.