NOUN
- an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time
How To Use stay of execution In A Sentence
- Consequently, she feels she must work for a stay of execution.
- Consequently, she feels she must work for a stay of execution.
- There will be no stay of execution and few mourners for this concrete tower block, due to be demolished next month.
- Sceptics suggest the Minitel's relaunch is little more than a stay of execution.
- He claims the council is treating him shabbily, and all he needs is a stay of execution until he can have the sailing boat seaworthy.
- Global health officials are expected to decide this week whether to grant a stay of execution to the last known stocks of smallpox, a move the U.S. argues is critical for the development of medicines to counter a potential bioterrorist attack. Verdict on Smallpox Cache Near
- They were due to start demolishing the old theatre today but there's been a last-minute stay of execution.
- The tobacco companies have demanded a stay of execution before.
- News like today's could mean that workers at potentially acquirable companies get a stay of execution. Russell Shaw: Why Today's Stock Market Plunge Could Be a Good Thing
- There will be no stay of execution and few mourners for this concrete tower block, due to be demolished next month.
