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.
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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
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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 3 Jul. 2025.
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