suspension stay

  • 1stay — 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.… …

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  • 2Suspension — Sus*pen sion, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See {Suspend}.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially, temporary delay …

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  • 3Suspension bridge — Suspension Sus*pen sion, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See {Suspend}.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially,… …

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  • 4Suspension of arms — Suspension Sus*pen sion, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See {Suspend}.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially,… …

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  • 5Suspension scale — Suspension Sus*pen sion, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See {Suspend}.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially,… …

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  • 6Suspension — may refer to:In science: *The infrastructure of a suspension bridge *Suspension (topology), in mathematics *Suspension (chemistry), a mixture of two chemicals with the character that one does not rapidly settle outIn vehicles: *Suspension… …

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  • 7stay — Ⅰ. stay [1] ► VERB 1) remain in the same place. 2) remain in a specified state or position. 3) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. 4) Scottish & S. African live permanently. 5) stop, delay, or prevent. 6) …

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  • 8stay — [n1] visit break, halt, holiday, sojourn, stop, stopover, vacation; concept 227 stay [n2] hold, delay deferment, halt, pause, postponement, remission, reprieve, standstill, stop, stopping, suspension; concepts 121,832 Ant. abet, advance, assist,… …

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  • 9suspension — sus·pen·sion n: the act of suspending: the state or period of being suspended the suspension of an employee Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. suspension …

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  • 10suspension — [n] delay abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, break, breather*, breathing spell*, cessation, coffee break*, concluding, conclusion, cutoff, deferment, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, doldrums, dormancy, downtime*, end, ending, finish,… …

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