supersedeas
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
A writ requiring a lower court to suspend an action.
Etymology
From Latin supersedeās.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: supersedeās