supersedeas

American  

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

noun

Law.

plural

supersedeas

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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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

Example Sentences

No bond shall be required of any accused person as a condition of appeal, but a supersedeas bond may be required where the only punishment imposed in the court below is a fine.

From Civil Government of Virginia by Fox, William Fayette

Luke Fox being ice-bound and in peril, writes, "God thinks upon our imprisonment with a supersedeas;" but he was a good and honorable man as well as euphuist.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 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 Lemon, Mark

They will get a writ of habeas corpus, and a stay of proceedings, and a supersedeas, and a new trial and a nolle prosequi, and there you are!

From The Gilded Age, Part 7. by Warner, Charles Dudley

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 Disraeli, Isaac