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STAY OF EXECUTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)