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Supersede

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

To stay, stop, interfere with, or annul; e. g., to supersede the proceedings in outlawry, or in bankruptcy, or in lunacy, etc. SUPERSEDEAS (Lat. that you set aside). A stay of proceedings. The name of a writ containing a command to stay the proceedings at law. It is either express, by the issuance of a writ of supersedeas, or implied, by the issuance of a writ, as of certiorari, a writ of error when bail is given, etc., which operate as supersedeas.