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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SUPERSEDERE, n. Also -cedere. Sc. Law: a halt or cessation of the process of law, specif. of an agreement among creditors or a decree of a Court to suspend execution against a common debtor (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 87). [supərsə′dere]Sc. 1709 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1908) 435:
Also allows and impowers the magistrats if they think fitt to grant a supercedere or delay for what time or times hereafter they think fitt.Sc. 1726 G. Guthrie Monograph (1900) 60:
They racked all their wits to get my Supercedere stopped.Sc. 1751 Bankton Institute iv. xxxviii. § 24:
To take the benefit of the act of Grace, or sue a cessio bonorum. . . . This voluntary suspension is termed a Supersedere, and may be by verbal agreement.Sc. 1773 Erskine Institute iv. iii. § 24:
Creditors sometimes grant voluntarily a surcease of personal execution in behalf of their debtor, which is commonly called a supersedere.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xliii.:
Grant us a supersedere of diligence for five minutes.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 958:
A creditor who commits a breach of supersedere is liable to the debtor in damages.