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STAY OF EXECUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stay of execution mean?
• STAY OF EXECUTION (noun)
The noun STAY OF EXECUTION has 1 sense:
1. an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time
Familiarity information: STAY OF EXECUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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