What does stay mean in court proceedings?

It is difficult to determine from a short notation on a legal or court document what the intention of the notation may have been. However - it MIGHT mean that whatever was taking place in court at...

It really depends on the context on which it is said. Commuted means exchanged for something else, or substituted for something.

It could mean, well, "vacated"... that is, moved out. But if you're talking about it in the sense of "the judgement of the lower court is vacated, and the case is remanded for further proceedings" it...

They differ because one court being the civil one deals with matters like suings and the other one being the criminal courts deals with matters that break the criminal code e.g murder, drugs,...

When a court imposes a fine, it often will allow the fine and costs to be paid on a later date by granting a "stay to pay." If so, the fine and costs may be paid anytime before, or on, the stay date...