Countermand

[L. Lat. contramandatum, from contramandare, q. v.] In practice. A new or opposite direction; an order made contrary to a former one, for the purpose of avoiding or suspending it; the revocation of a thing before done, or directed to be done. Thus, a notice of trial or other intended proceeding in a cause, and a writ issued to a sheriff, may be countermanded by the attorney who gave or issued it, by a new notice to that effect. This term was formerly applied to wills, leases, d^c. in the sense of revocation. Termes de la ley.

4 Co. 60, 61. CowelL