STAY OF EXECUTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stay of execution" is a kind of...):

stay (a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)