stay of execution
Noun
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An order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time (synset 106554560)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: stay - a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
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