Legal Definition and Related Resources of Suspension
Meaning of Suspension
An interim or temporary stoppage or arrest or interruption of anything.
Suspension Alternative Definition
A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like. In times of war, the habeas corpus act may be suspended by lawful authority. There may be a suspension of an officer’s duties or powers when he is charged with crimes. Wood, Inst. 510. Suspension of a right in an estate is a partial extinguishment, or an extinguishment for a time. It differs from an extinguishment in this, a suspended right may be revived; one extinguished is absolutely dead. Bac. Abr. “Extinguishment” (A). The suspension of a statute for a limited time operates so as to prevent its operation for the time; but it has not the effect of a repeal. 3 Ball. (Pa.) 365. In Scotch Law. That form of law by which the effect of a sentence condemnatory, that has not yet received execution, is stayed or postponed till the cause be again considered. Ersk. Inst. 4. 3. 5. Suspension is competent, also, even where there is no decree, for putting a stop to any illegal act whatsoever. Ersk. Inst. 4. 3. 7. Letters of suspension bear the form of a summons, which contains a warrant to cite the charter. In Ecclesiastical Law. An ecclesias* tical censure, by which a spiritual person is either interdicted the exercise of his ecclesiastical function, or hindered from receiving the profits of his benefice. It may be partial or total; for a limited time, or forever, when it is called “deprivation” or “amotion.” Ayliffe, Par. 501.
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Meaning of Suspension in the Past
An ecclesiastical censure, by which a spiritual person is either interdicted tho exercise of his ecclesiastical function or hin-dered from receiving the profits of his benefice. It may be partial or total; for a limited time or forever, when it is called deprivation or amotion. Ayl. Parerg. 501.[1]
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- Partialy, this information about suspension is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including suspension.
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