DORMANT

Literally, sleeping; hence inactive; ·in abeyance; unknown; concealed. -Dormant claim. One which is in abeyance.-Dormant execution. One which a creditor delivers to the sheriff with directions to levy only, and not to sell, until further orders, or until a junior execution is received.. -Dormant judgnient, One which has not been satisfied, nor extinguished by lapse of time, but which has remained so Ions unexecuted that execution cannot now be i ued upon it without first reviving the judgment, or one which has lost its lien on land from the failure to i ue execution on it or take other steps to enforce it within the time limited by statute. 1 Black, Judgm. (2d Ed.) § 462; Draper v. Nixon, 93 Ala. 436, 8 South. 489.-Dormant partner. See [s. 398]