See also:

• RESPITE (O. Fr. respit, modern repit, Lat. respectus, regard, consideration, respicere, to look back at)

RESPITE (O. Fr. respit, See also:

• MODERN

modern repit, See also:

• LAT

Lat. respectus, regard, See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration, respicere, to look back at)  , properly a delay, given for the further See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of some See also:

• MATTER

matter, hence See also:

• RELIEF

relief . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law the See also:

• TERM

term is used of the postponement of the immediate See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of the law in criminal cases, e.g. by binding a convicted prisoner over to come up for See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment when called upon, or when a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case is " respited" from one See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter sessions to another . The word is loosely used in the sense of a " See also:

• REPRIEVE (reprise, from Fr. reprendre)

reprieve " (q.v.) .