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In American procedural law, a continuance is the postponement of a hearing, trial, or other scheduled court proceeding at the request of either or both parties in the dispute, or by the judge sua sponte. In response to delays in bringing cases to trial, some states have adopted "fast-track" rules that sharply limit the ability of judges to ...
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 ...
A reprieve is a temporary postponement of a punishment (refer to pardon/related concepts). A commutation is the mitigation of the sentence of someone currently serving a sentence for a crime pursuant to a conviction, without cancelling the conviction itself. [1]
In a brief filed on Dec. 27, 2024, Trump's legal team requested a postponement to allow his incoming administration to address the national security concerns through "political negotiations ...
Judge Lewis Kaplan said there’s no evidence to suggest prosecutors aren’t acting in “good faith.”
Debate on the motion to postpone to a certain time should be brief and confined only to the reasons for and time of the postponement. [5] Amendments to it may only relate to the desired date that the assembly will resume consideration or if the question is to be a special order. [5]
Disgraced ex-Sen. Bob Menendez has asked to postpone his upcoming sentencing until after his cancer-ridden wife’s trial wraps up because the overlap “is too much to ask of any man.”
Reprieve: Temporary postponement of a punishment, usually so that the accused can mount an appeal (especially if he or she has been sentenced to death). [73] Respite: The delay of an ordered sentence, or the act of temporarily imposing a lesser sentence upon the convicted, whilst further investigation, action, or appeals can be conducted.