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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arrest of judgment

Without going very deeply into the matter, Mr. Norval Clyne has put in a clever plea in arrest of judgment.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 by Various

What with motions for new trials, and in arrest of judgment, and what not, a prisoner might be here for twelve months, I take it, might he not?'

From American Notes by Dickens, Charles

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

On the part of Mr. Holloway, Mr. Random, and Mr. Lyte, I am not disposed to trouble your lordships with any observations in arrest of judgment.

From The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 by Gurney, William Brodie

Chilton made his motion for an arrest of judgment and the judge ordered the motion to stand over until the next day.

From The Man in Gray by Dixon, Thomas