arrest of judgment
Britishnoun
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Immediately upon the rendering of the verdict, the attorneys for Bucholz moved for an arrest of judgment and filed their reasons for a new trial.
From Bucholz and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
What with motions for new trials, arrest of judgment and what not, a prisoner might be here for twelve months, I take it, might he not?’
From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble
So were all motions subsequent to the conviction for an arrest of judgment.
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker
Jack—Motion in arrest of judgment, made by Counselor Puzzle.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
This is technically called a motion in arrest of judgment.
From The American Judiciary by Simeon E. Baldwin, LLD
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