stay of execution
noun phrase
: an order that temporarily stops an execution
The court issued a stay of execution.
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The only way a man had to secure a stay of execution was to behave himself.
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
In his final plea, Governor Rick Perry refused to grant him a stay of execution, according to The New Yorker.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
But the execution was halted after the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify about his case, an unprecedented gambit that led to a partial stay of execution from the Texas Supreme Court.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Roberson's 2016 motion successfully granted him a stay of execution.
—Ines Chomnalez, Austin American-Statesman, 3 July 2024
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
In his final plea, Governor Rick Perry refused to grant him a stay of execution, according to The New Yorker.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
But the execution was halted after the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify about his case, an unprecedented gambit that led to a partial stay of execution from the Texas Supreme Court.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Roberson's 2016 motion successfully granted him a stay of execution.
—Ines Chomnalez, Austin American-Statesman, 3 July 2024
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 13 Mar. 2025.
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