Supersede

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it ls said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent, or that the conrt would supersede a fiat in bankruptcy, if found to have been improperly issued. Brown.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To set above; to make void or inoperative by a superior authority; to stay, suspend or supplant l7i old English law. To omit; to forbear; to refrain or desist; to neglect; to disregard; to refuse to do.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

1. To suspend, stay, supplant. Said of a proceeding which arrests ' Commonwealth v. Teamann, 1 Phila. 177 (1853). " Commonwealth v. Osgood, 144 Mass. 362 (1887). " Commonwealth v. Louisville, &o. E. Co. 80 Ky. 291 (1883). Contra, Sparhawk v. Union Passenger E. Co., 54 Pa. 401 (18D7): Act of 1794. 'Phillips V. Innes, 4 Clark & T. 234 (H. L., 1637); Commonwealth v. Dextra, 143 Mass. 28 (1886). 1 Kinney v. Emeiy, 37 N. J. E. 341 (1883), cases in note; 9Pac. E. 798, cases. • Philadelphia, &e. E. Co. v. Steam Towboat Co., 23 How. 219 (1859). ' Commonwealth v. Nesbit, 34 Pa. 398 (1859). As to injuries received when violating the law, see 21 Cent. Law J. 525-29 (1886), cases. e Commonwealth v. Burry, 5 Pa. Co. Ct. E. 481 (1888). Contra, Commonwealth v. Bosch, 15 W. N. C. 316 (Pa., 1884). » Baker v. Commonwealth, 5 Pa. Co. Ct. E. 10 (1888). See generally other decisions, 3 Alb. Law J. 61-64 (1870), cases; 8 id. 161-62 (1873), cases. '" L. superior, higher. the operation of another proceeding. See Stat; Supersedeas. 2. To be superseded, in military law, is to have one person put in the place which, by the ordinary course of military promotion, belongs to another, l

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawi-y may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent, or that the court would supersede a fiat in bank-