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supersedeas

supersedeas


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supersedeas  \Su`per*se"de*as\,  n.  [L.,  suspend,  set  aside,  stay, 
  2d  pers.  sing.  present  subjunctive  of  supersedere.  See 
  {Supersede}.]  (Law) 
  A  writ  of  command  to  suspend  the  powers  of  an  officer  in 
  certain  cases,  or  to  stay  proceedings  under  another  writ. 
  --Blackstone.