stay of execution

noun phrase

: an order that temporarily stops an execution
The court issued a stay of execution.

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In the 2021 bar stabbing, Ortley's latest charge, he was sentenced to serve 39 months in prison and five years of probation, but the court issued a stay of execution, which temporarily stops the sentencing order. Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025 Gorsuch also sided with the Court majority in all applications for a stay of execution reviewed in the previous term. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025 But Roman would be granted a stay of execution: rather than being zeroed out, it would be put on life support. Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025 Gorsuch sided with the court majority in all applications for a stay of execution reviewed in the previous term. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stay of execution

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“Stay of execution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay%20of%20execution. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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