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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Court stayed

The Supreme Court today stayed till February 23 the Andhra Pradesh High Court order directing withdrawal of Central paramilitary forces from Osmania University campus, the hotbed of the volatile Telangana agitation.
A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and T S Thakur, however, directed the state Home Secretary to ensure that the paramilitary forces are not allowed to misbehave in any manner with the students at the campus.
The apex court said the paramilitary forces shall operate strictly under the personal supervision of the Home Secretary.

Could you please explain to me what "stayed" means here?

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com: To delay or stop the effect of (an order, for example) by legal action or mandate: stay a prisoner's execution.

  • com: To delay or stop the effect of (an order, for example) by legal action or mandate: stay a prisoner's execution.
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From Answers.com:

To delay or stop the effect of (an order, for example) by legal action or mandate: stay a prisoner's execution.

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