The name of an English statute and so called because it was enacted at York. It contains many wise provisions and explanations of former statutes. There were other statutes made at York in the reign of Edw. III., but they do not bear this name. … [Read more...]

In practice. A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding, by the order of a court. Stay laws. Acts of the legislature prescribing a stay of execution in certain cases, or a stay of foreclosure of mortgages, or closing the courts for a limited period, or providing that suits shall not be instituted until a certain time after the cause of action arose, or otherwise … [Read more...]

English law. The statute of the staple, 27 Ed. HI. stat. 2, confined the sale of all commodities to be exported to certain towns in England, called estaple or staple, where foreigners might resort. It authorized a security for money, commonly called statute staple, to be taken by traders for the benefit of commerce; the mayor of the place is entitled to take a recognizance of a … [Read more...]

The delay or postponement of a case until the conclusion of a pending issue. … [Read more...]

Rom. civ. law. From Constantine to Justinian, advocates, were arranged in two classes: viz. those called Statuti, and the supernumeraries. The Statute were those advocates whose names were inscribed in the registers of matriculation, and formed a part of the college of advocates. The number of advocates of this class was limited. … [Read more...]