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

When sentence of death was pronounced, the old woman, sixty years of age, pleaded, in arrest of judgment, that she was with child—a pleading which produced only a derisive shout of laughter in court.

From The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Williams, Howard

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

There is nothing to be said in arrest of judgment.

From Life of Charles Dickens by Marzials, Frank T. (Frank Thomas)

When the judge asked her if she had anything to say in arrest of judgment, she replied, in low, almost inaudible tones, that she could not extenuate her fault.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

Now for the first time it has been stated—and Mr Baron Parke himself admits that it is for the first time—that that rule applies only to motions in arrest of judgment.

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