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Suspense, Suspension

Suspense, Suspension, a temporary stop or hanging up as it were of a right for a time; also a censure on ecclesiastical persons,

Tort

v. Herbert, (1877) 3 CPD 389]; an action against a carrier for loss of goods by refusal to stop in transitu [Pontifex v. Mid. Ry. Co., (1877) 3 QBD 23]; and an action for injury to a

Visus

Visit and search. A right, claimed and exercised by belligerents, to stop, visit and search neutral merchant vessels on the high seas and territorial waters, and confiscate contraband (see that

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Way

falls on the rest of the parish. By the (English) General Highway Act, 1835, power is given to stop up and divert highways, and the mode of proceeding to effect this object is pointed out. Parties grieved

Impede

To hinder to stop in progress to obstruct as to impede the advance of troops

Civil Law

the sixth king, enacted many wise and good laws to maintain the cause of the poor, and to stop the oppressions of the rich. He also revived many of the obsolete laws of Romulus and Numa Pompilius.

Foreclose

To shut up or out to preclude to stop to prevent to bar to exclude

big bang theory

to expand to the present time but it is unknown whether the expansion will continue indefinitely or eventually stop or even reverse possibly leading to a contraction to a single point sometimes referred to as the ldquobig

Fielder

A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls

caveat

officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition can be heard [a entered in the probate court to stop the proving of the will] caveat vb

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