arrest of judgment
Britishnoun
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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
The chancellor, after receiving it, put the usual question, what the prisoner could say in arrest of judgment.
From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony
In deciding upon a motion made in arrest of judgment, Holt, C.J., said,—"As soon as a negro comes into England he is free: one may be a villein in England, but not a slave."
From Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
Speak; what do you say, sir, in arrest of judgment?
From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles
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
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