supersedeas

American  

[soo-per-see-dee-uhs, -as] / ˌsu pərˈsi di əs, -ˌæs /

noun

Law.

• supersedeas
  plural

1. a writ ordering a stoppage or suspension of a judicial proceeding, of the execution of a judgment, or of the enforcement of another writ.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• supersedeas
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of supersedeas

< Latin supersedeās, 2nd person singular present subjunctive of supersedēre to supersede, the writ being so named because supersedeās, i.e., you shall desist, occurs in it

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Example Sentences

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supersedeas

The supersedeas was carried to him by Sir George Coppin, who, at the presenting of it, received it with dejection and tears.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli

By superseding the commission by writ of supersedeas, which suspends the power of all the justices, but does not totally destroy it; seeing it may be revived again by another writ, called a procedendo.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone

Appellate jurisdiction of all cases, civil and criminal, where an appeal writ of error or supersedeas may be taken or allowed by said courts from or to the judgment or proceedings of an inferior tribunal.

From Civil Government of Virginia by William Fayette Fox

It is a message from the physician when the patient is past cure, and if the writ be well made, it is a supersedeas for all diseases.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

Lord Plunket is said to have acutely felt his forced resignation of the Irish Chancellorship, and his supersedeas by Lord Campbell.

From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon

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