Stay Of Execution
(n) Stay of execution is the order issued by a court postponing the execution of a person sentenced for death penalty on any ground requiring the re-opening of the case.
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STAY OF EXECUTION, practice. A term during which no execution can issue on a judgment.
stay of execution
n. a court-ordered delay in inflicting the death penalty.
See also: stay
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After a stay of execution are dissolved, the Governor must set the new date for execution of the death sentence within 10 days. The Governor can grant stays.
The foundation of this writ is a judgment for debt or damages, and the party who has recovered such a judgment is generally entitled to it, unless he is delayed by the stay of execution which the law allows in certain cases after the rendition of the ...
 See also: Stay, Execution, Court, Time, Law
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