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

Accordingly they produced a copy of a forged charter from Henry I. to the town; the court ignored this and the abbot obtained a new charter and a writ of supersedeas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

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 Blackstone, William, Sir

A supersedeas is a writ, or order, to suspend the powers of an officer, or to stay—that is, stop—action under another writ.

From Civil Government of Virginia by Fox, William Fayette

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 Fox, William Fayette

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