HyperDic: stay_of_execution

English > 1 sense of the expression stay of execution:
NOUNcommunicationstay of executionan order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time
English > stay of execution: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningAn order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time.
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
BroaderstayA judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

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