Respite

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. CoweU.

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.

s Temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence; a delay, forbearance, or continuation of time.*

V. To adjourn; to forego; to prolong. Respite, n. -. an adjournment; a delay; a postponement. In its application to sentences of offenders to punishment, respite is equivalent to reprieve; but it is not confined to use in this connection. A respite is a temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence; a delay, forbearance, or continuation of time. Mishler V. Commonwealth, 62 Pa. St. 55. Respite of appeal. Adjourning an appeal to some future time. Brown. Respite of homage. The forbearing or dispensing with the performance of homage by tenants who held their lands in consideration of performing homage to their lords. Brown.