Confirms that prolonged failure to prosecute a proceeding commenced in support of a caveat (here, 25 years of inaction including a stayed proceeding and express abandonment of the pleaded case) will be fatal to maintaining the caveat, even without a formal dismissal of the underlying claim. a caveator's refusal to accept a reasonable invitation to re-enliven or transfer a stayed proceeding, combined with disavowal of the pleaded basis for the caveatable interest, effectively eliminates any prospect of demonstrating a sufficient likelihood of success.
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