arrest of judgment

British  

noun

1. law a stay of proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error

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Example Sentences

But he particularly requests that the want of additions to his book may be excused; and || pleads, in arrest of judgment, his numerous and absorbing avocations.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

This is technically called a motion in arrest of judgment.

From The American Judiciary by Baldwin, Simeon E., LLD

But "he had been induced to doubt whether the rule had not been carried too far, by a misunderstanding of the dicta of judges on applications in arrest of judgment."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various

Dr. Sacheverell, being found guilty, moved in arrest of judgment upon two points.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

"I understood," said the speaker on the bench, "that you had stated, in arrest of judgment, that you had been found guilty by a packed jury."

From The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 by Doheny, Michael