stay of execution an order that operates to prevent the judgment creditor from putting in operation the legal process of execution; it does not affect rights acquired independently of the process stayed. Unlike the position with regard to STAY OF PROCEEDINGS, the court has no inherent power to order a stay of execution of a judgment or order requiring the payment of money, which goes to the question of enforceability of the judgment rather than its validity or correctness. stay of proceedings a court order suspending proceedings or sanc- tioning a total discontinuance where an action has been compro- mised or because of some other misconduct by the plaintiff. stillicide in Scots property law, the urban SERVITUDE that allows a pro- prietor of grounds, otherwise contrary to the law, to build so as to throw rainwater falling on his own land on to his neighbour. stipendiary magistrate see MAGISTRATE.

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