stay proceedings

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• stay — 1 vt stayed, stay·ing: to temporarily suspend or prevent by judicial or executive order may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a state court U.S. Code stay 2 n: a temporary suspension or injunction of an action or process by a usu.… …   Law dictionary

• stay of proceedings — ˌstay of proˈceedings noun stays of proceedings PLURALFORM [countable usually singular] LAW the stopping or delaying of a legal trial by a judge: • The court granted a stay of proceedings for three weeks. * * * stay of proceedings UK US noun [C,… …   Financial and business terms

• proceedings — pro‧ceed‧ings [prəˈsiːdɪŋz] noun [plural] LAW actions taken in a law court or legal case: • The company s creditors asked an Ontario court to begin formal proceedings against the company. ˈbankruptcy proˌceedings LAW FINANCE a legal case taken …   Financial and business terms

• stay — stay1 [stā] n. [ME staie < OE stæg, akin to Du stag < IE * stāk , to stand, place < base * sta : see STAND] a heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support, as for a mast of a ship; guy vt. to brace or support with a… …   English World dictionary

• stay of proceedings — The stopping or preventing of legal actions undertaken. In the Bankruptcy and insolvency Act, there is a stay of proceedings in the case of a bankruptcy or in the case of a proposal. This stops all legal actions against the company or person.… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

• Stay — may refer to:General* Stays (nautical), the heavy ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run from the masts to the hull * Guy wire, a metal wire used to support tall structures, such as radio masts * Bone (corsetry), one of the rigid parts …   Wikipedia

• stay — Ⅰ. stay [1] ► VERB 1) remain in the same place. 2) remain in a specified state or position. 3) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. 4) Scottish & S. African live permanently. 5) stop, delay, or prevent. 6) …   English terms dictionary

• stay of execution — index reprieve, respite (reprieve) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 stay of execution …   Law dictionary

• stay of proceedings — a court order suspending proceedings or sanctioning a total discontinuance where an action has been compromised or because of some other misconduct by the plaintiff. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

• stay of action — the putting to an end of proceedings in an action by a summary order of the court. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

• stay — 1. stay, verb To stop, arrest, or forbear. To stay an order or decree means to hold it in abeyance, or refrain from enforcing it 2. stay, noun A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding by the order of a court. Also that which holds,… …   Black's law dictionary