Chiefly Law. transitive. To cause to cease; to do away with; spec. to terminate or dismiss (a legal proceeding) before completion, esp. as a…

(Chiefly Law.) in suspense, not being executed, fulfilled, rendered, paid, or the like; esp. to put in suspense, to defer or intermit the…

To stay or suspend (a lawsuit). Cf. astint, v. 1. Obsolete.

To stop, arrest, delay, prevent (an action or process, something which is begun or intended). Frequently in legal parlance.

Law. To stay or arrest (an action); to exclude or prevent the advancement of (a plea, claim, right.)

transitive. Scots Law. To stop or suspend (a legal procedure) by judicial decree. Also: to stop or postpone (any proceeding). Also occasionally in…

To stay, suspend (proceedings); to prevent (a decree, etc.) from taking effect.