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 can be granted automatically by operation of law or by order of a court, either following a motion or by agreement of the parties.[2] If a party appeals a decision, any judgment issued by the original court may be stayed until the appeal is resolved.
- ^ "Stay of execution". Wex. Cornell Law School. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ see, e.g., "FRCP, Rule 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment". Legal Information Institute. Cornell Law School. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2021.