stay of proceedings
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 299 U.S. 248 - Landis v. North American Co. · 1936Most cited · 3,691 citing opinions
The suppliant for a stay must make out a clear case of hardship or inequity in being required to go forward, if there is even a fair possibility that the stay for which he prays will work damage to some one else.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The temporary suspension of the regular order of proceedings in a cause, by direction or order of the court, usually to await the action of one of the parties in regard to some omitted step or some act which the court has required him to perform as incidental to the suit; as where a non-resident plaintiff has been ruled to give security for costs. See Wnilaee v. Wallace, 13 Wis. 226; Lewton v. Hower, 18 Fla. 876; Rossiter v. Ætna In Ins. Co.., 96 Wis. 466, 71 N. W. 898.
Defined under Stay in Black's Law Dictionary.