supersedeas

English

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

supersedeas (plural supersedeases)

  1. (law) A type of surety bond that a court requires from an appellant who wants to delay payment of a judgement until the appeal is over.
  2. (law) A writ requiring a lower court to suspend an action.

Further reading

Latin

Verb

supersedeās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of supersedeō
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