Law
- Two types of court order, either of which may be called simply a stay:
- Stay of execution, a ruling to temporarily suspend the enforcement of a court judgment—often, but not always, referring to a stay of a death sentence
- Stay of proceedings, a ruling halting further legal process in a trial
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