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A stay of execution (Law Latin: cesset executio, "let execution cease") is a court order to temporarily suspend the execution of a court judgment or other court order. [1] The word "execution" refers to the imposition of whatever judgment is being stayed and is similar to an injunction .
A stay of proceedings is a ruling by the court in civil and criminal procedure that halts further legal process in a trial or other legal proceeding. [1] The court can subsequently lift the stay and resume proceedings based on events taking place after the stay is ordered. However, a stay is sometimes used as a device to postpone proceedings ...
Which he stated "is problematic, because these terms are not synonymous. The bond required to perfect an appeal is a cost bond, which is sometimes referred to as an appeal bond. The bond required to obtain a stay of execution of a judgment while the judgment is being appealed is a supersedeas bond, also referred to as an appeal bond." [9]
Most members of the state's Republican-led House of Representatives previously called for a stay of Roberson's execution, referencing a "junk science" law that should allow Texas prisoners to ...
A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his ...
The Supreme Court rejected an Alabama death row inmate’s last-minute request for a stay of execution over the proposed use of an untested method: lethal gas.
The week of execution appointed in the warrant shall be not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days after the issuance of the warrant. The date of execution within said week shall be left to the discretion of the commissioner, but the date and hour of the execution shall be announced publicly no later than seven days prior to said execution ...
The request for a new clemency hearing is the latest maneuver from Creech’s legal team to hamper an unprecedented second execution attempt in Idaho of the same prisoner after state officials ...