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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SUPERSEDE, v. Also -cede. Sc. (chiefly legal) usage: to postpone, defer, put off till later (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 87). To supersede extract is to defer the granting of the warrant on which diligence or execution may proceed (see 1928 quot.).Sc. 1741 Acts of Sederunt (14 July):
The Lords . . . supersede the consideration of the punishment to be inflicted on David Young till the first of June next.Sc. 1756 Records Conv. Burghs (1915) 514:
To supercede his demand for a year or two.Abd. 1767 Abd. Journal (18 May):
The court superseded pronouncing judgment till this forenoon.Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Letter xiii.:
We had better move the Court to supersede it till next Session.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 958:
A private agreement amongst creditors that they will supersede or sist diligence.Sc. 1928 Encycl. Laws Scot. VI. 646:
The Court has power to supersede extract till some condition or qualification of the decree shall have been implemented.