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practice. A term during which no execution can issue on a judgment. 2. It is either conventional, when the parties agree that no execution shall issue for a certain period; or it is granted by law, usually on condition of entering bail or security for the money. 3. An execution issued before the expiration of the stay is irregular and will be set aside; and the plaintiff in … [Read more...] about STAY OF EXECUTION

Relating to a statute; created or defined by a statute; required by a statute; conforming to a statute. Statutory crime. See CRIME. Statutory dedication. See DEDICATION. Statutory exposition. When the language of a statute is ambiguous, and any subsequent enactment involves a particular interpretation of the former act, it is said to contain a statutory exposition of the former … [Read more...] about STATUTORY

An action based upon a legal statute. … [Read more...] about STATUTORY ACTION

Latin: Forthwith; immediately. In old English law, this term meant either "at once," or "within a legal time," i.e., such time as permitted the legal and regular performance of the act In question. … [Read more...] about STATIM

that which is introduced or governed by statute law, as 'opposed to the common law or equity. Thus, a court is said to have statutory jurisdiction when jurisdiction is given to it In certain matters by act of the legislature. … [Read more...] about STATUTABLE, OR STATUTORY