Etymology

supersedeas

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Today it means: A type of surety bond that a court requires from an appellant who wants to delay payment of a judgement until the appeal is over. Full definition →

Latin supersedeās
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsupersedeās
  2. English todaysupersedeas

From Latin supersedeās.

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