Stay

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Stay may refer to:

Law

  • Two types of court order, either of which may be called simply a stay:
    • Stay of execution, a ruling to temporarily suspend the enforcement of a court judgment—often, but not always, referring to a stay of a death sentence
    • Stay of proceedings, a ruling halting further legal process in a trial

Media

Film and television

Literature

Albums

Songs

Structural and mechanical

  • Stays (nautical), the heavy ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run from the masts to the hull
  • Collar stays, small rigid pieces used to maintain the point of a men's dress shirt collar
  • Corset, a garment worn to mold and shape the torso
  • Guy-wire, a metal wire used to support tall structures, such as radio masts
  • A part of a steam locomotive's firebox
  • Seat stay and chain stay, parts of a bicycle frame

Places

See also

  • "Stay Stay Stay", a 2012 song by Taylor Swift
  • All pages beginning with "Stay"
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