stay of execution
noun phrase
: an order that temporarily stops an execution
The court issued a stay of execution.
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The judge issued a stay of execution for Creech, which remains in effect pending a ruling after a December hearing.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025
Last week, Gorsuch sided with liberal justices in the minority pertaining to a case revolving around a Louisiana death row inmate and a decision for a stay of execution.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025
Last week, Gorsuch sided with liberal justices in the minority pertaining to a case revolving around a Louisiana death row inmate and a decision for a stay of execution.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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
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“Stay of execution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay%20of%20execution. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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