in mercy
in mercy 听候发落；就如何处罚法官正在斟酌中 旧时的判决中往往会注明败诉的一方当事人正听候法庭发落以表明哪一方输了官司。如原告因提出虚假主张而听候发落〔in misericordia pro falso clamore suo〕。
IN MERCY
in mercy
in mercy, adv. At a judge’s discretion concerning punishment. • A judgment formerly noted (by the Law Latin phrase in misericordia) which litigant lost by stating that the unsuccessful party was in the court’s mercy. A plaintiff held in mercy for a false claim, for example, was said to be in misericordia pro falso clamore