Respite

The temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence; a reprieve; a delay, forbearance or continuation of time. 4 Bi. Comm. 394; Mishler v. Com., 62 Ila. 55, 1 Am. Rep. 377. Continuance, In English practice, a jury is said, on the record, to be "respited" till the next term. 3 BL Comm. 354. In the civil law. . A respite is an act by which a debtor, who is unable to satisfy his debts at the moment, transacts (compromises) with his creditors, and obtains' from them time or delay for the payment of the sums which he owes to them. The respite is either voluntary or forced. It is voluntary when nil the creditors consent to the proposal, which the debtor makes, to pay in a limited time the whole or a part of the debt. It is forced when a part of the creditors refuse to accept the debtor's proposal, and when the latter is obliged to compel them by judicial authority to consent to what the others have determined, in the cases directed by law. Civ. Code La. arts. 3084, 3085.

— Respite of appeal. Adjourning an appeal to some future time. Brown.

— Respite of homage. To dispense with the performance of homage by tenants who held their lands in consideration of performing homage to their lords. Cowell.