In old English law. Overplus; surplus; residue or balance. Bract fol. 301; Spelman. … [Read more...]

To replace, to erase or remove and replace with another. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent or that the court would supersede a fiat in bankruptcy, if found to have been improperly issued. Brown. … [Read more...]

Latin: In practice. A writ ordering the suspension or superseding of another writ previously Issued. It directs the ofllcer to whom it is issued to refrain from executing or acting under another writ which is in his hands or may come to him. By a conventional extension of the term it has come to be used as a designation of the effect of any proceeding or act in a cause which, … [Read more...]

An action or event that occurs after an original act or event occurs that sets a series of events into motion which affects a series of events so significantly that the end result is no longer connected with the original direct cause. See intervening cause. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. A species of obliteration. Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1. … [Read more...]