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su•per•se•de•as
Pronunciation: (sOO"pur-sē'dē-us, -as"), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -de•as.
Law.
a writ ordering a stoppage or suspension of a judicial proceeding, of the execution of a judgment, or of the enforcement of another writ.
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