stay of proceedings — ˌstay of proˈceedings noun stays of proceedings PLURALFORM [countable usually singular] LAW the stopping or delaying of a legal trial by a judge: • The court granted a stay of proceedings for three weeks. * * * stay of proceedings UK US noun [C,… … Financial and business terms
stay of proceedings — The stopping or preventing of legal actions undertaken. In the Bankruptcy and insolvency Act, there is a stay of proceedings in the case of a bankruptcy or in the case of a proposal. This stops all legal actions against the company or person.… … Glossary of Bankruptcy
stay of proceedings — a court order suspending proceedings or sanctioning a total discontinuance where an action has been compromised or because of some other misconduct by the plaintiff. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 … Law dictionary
stay of proceedings in bankruptcy — stopping of the bankruptcy proceedings until the appointment of a liquidator (Law) … English contemporary dictionary
stay of proceedings — Sistierung (нем.) приостановка арбитражного разбирательства. Решение об этом может быть принято самим составом арбитража, а в некоторых странах и государственным судом в случае, если местом проведения арбитража является эта страна (см. seat of… … Glossary of international commercial arbitration
stay of proceedings — delay of procedures … English contemporary dictionary
stay — 1 vt stayed, stay·ing: to temporarily suspend or prevent by judicial or executive order may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a state court U.S. Code stay 2 n: a temporary suspension or injunction of an action or process by a usu.… … Law dictionary
proceedings — pro‧ceed‧ings [prəˈsiːdɪŋz] noun [plural] LAW actions taken in a law court or legal case: • The company s creditors asked an Ontario court to begin formal proceedings against the company. ˈbankruptcy proˌceedings LAW FINANCE a legal case taken … Financial and business terms
Stay — may refer to:General* Stays (nautical), the heavy ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run from the masts to the hull * Guy wire, a metal wire used to support tall structures, such as radio masts * Bone (corsetry), one of the rigid parts … Wikipedia
stay of execution — index reprieve, respite (reprieve) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 stay of execution … Law dictionary
