Respite
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Civil Law. An act by which a debtor who is unable to satisfy his debts at the moment transacts (i. e., compromises) vnth his creditors and obtains from them time or delay for the payment of the sums which he owes to them. Code La. art.
3051.
A forced respite takes place 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. A voluntary respite takes place when all the creditors consent to the proposal of the debtor to pay in a limited time the whole or a part of his debt. A delay, forbearance, or continuation of time. In Criminal Law. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence. It differs from a "pardon," which is an absolute suspension, and from a "reprieve," in that it is ordinarily for an indefinite time. RESPITE OF HOiVIAGE. To dispense with the performance of homage by tenants who held their lands in consideration of performing homage to their lords.
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