Suspension

Sus`pen´sion

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation

A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.

The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.

(Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.

(Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

(Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.

Pleas in suspension
(Law) pleas which temporarily abate or suspend a suit.

Points of suspension
(Mech.) the points, as in the axis or beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are suspended.

Suspension bridge
a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond.

Suspension of arms
(Mil.) a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for surrender or for peace, etc.

Suspension scale
a scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it.

Noun	1.	suspension - a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
	2.	suspension - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something Synonyms: pause, intermission, interruption, break
	3.	suspension - temporary cessation or suspension Synonyms: abeyance
	4.	suspension - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something Synonyms: abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite
	5.	suspension - a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle Synonyms: suspension system
	6.	suspension - the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait" Synonyms: dangling, hanging
	7.	suspension - a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc) Synonyms: temporary removal

SUSPENSION. A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like.
     2. In times of war the habeas corpus act maybe suspended by lawful authority.
     3. There may be a suspension of an officer's duties or powers, when he is charged with crimes. Wood's Inst. 510.
     4. Suspension of a right in an estate is a partial extinguishment, or an extinguishment for a time. It differs from an extinguishment in this. A suspended right may be revived; one extinguished is absolutely dead. Bac. Ab. Extinguishment, A.
     5. The suspension of a statute for a limited time operates so as to prevent its operation for the time, but it hits not the effect of a repeal. 3 Dall. 365.

SUSPENSION, Scotch law. That form of law by which the effect of a sentence- condemnatory, that has not yet received execution, is stayed or postponed, till the cause be again considered. Ersk. Prin. L. Scotl. 4, 3, 5. Suspension is competent also, even where there is no decree, for putting a stop to any illegal act whatsoever. Id. 4, 3, 7.
2. Letters of suspension bear the form of a summons, which contains a warrant to cite the charger, Ib.

SUSPENSION, eccl. law. An ecclesiastical censure, by which a spiritual person is either interdicted tho exercise of his ecclesiastical function, or hindered from receiving the profits of his benefice. It may be partial or total; for a limited time, or forever, when it is called deprivation or amotion. Ayl. Parerg. 501.

suspension - In lazy evaluation, a suspension (or in Henderson's terminology, a "recipe") is a closure with a flag indicating whether the expression has been evaluated or not. When the expression is evaluated the first time, this flag is set. Subsequent requests for the value of the expression will not attempt to re-evaluate it.

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