stay 1 vt stayed, stay·ing: to temporarily suspend or prevent by judicial or executive order
may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a state court — U.S. Code
stay 2 n: a temporary suspension or injunction of an action or process by a usu. discretionary judicial or executive order
a stay of execution of the judgment
stay of a lower court's judgment pending certiorari — W. J. Brennan, Jr. see also automatic stay compare cease-and-desist order at order 3b, mandamus, supersedeas
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.