stay of execution

English Thesaurus

1. an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	stay,
definition	:	a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted (noun.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)