(Let execution stay.) In practice. A stay of execution; or an order for such stay; the entry of such stay on record.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
The staying of an execution. 2. When a judgment has been entered, there is sometimes, by the agreement of the parties, a cesset executio for a period of time fixed upon and when the defendant enters security for the amount of the judgment, there is a cesset executio until the time allowed by law has expired.