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dilatory
(encz) | dilatory,laxní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dilatory
(encz) | dilatory,váhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Dilatory
(gcide) | Dilatory \Dil"a*to*ry\, a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a
delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer,
delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See Dilate, Differ, Defer.]
1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at
once; given the procrastination; delaying;
procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.
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2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish;
-- said of actions or measures.
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Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear
upon his adversary. --Motley.
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Dilatory plea (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the
trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not
connected with the merits of the case.
Syn: Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering;
behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See Slow.
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dilatory
(wn) | dilatory
adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky,
pokey] |
DILATORY
(bouvier) | DILATORY. That which is intended for delay. It is a maxim, that delays in
law are odious, dilationes in lege sunt odiosae. Plowd. 75.
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dilatory
(encz) | dilatory,laxní adj: Zdeněk Broždilatory,váhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dilatory plea
(encz) | dilatory plea, n: |
Dilatory plea
(gcide) | Dilatory \Dil"a*to*ry\, a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a
delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer,
delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See Dilate, Differ, Defer.]
1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at
once; given the procrastination; delaying;
procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.
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2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish;
-- said of actions or measures.
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Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear
upon his adversary. --Motley.
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Dilatory plea (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the
trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not
connected with the merits of the case.
Syn: Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering;
behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See Slow.
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Indilatory
(gcide) | Indilatory \In*dil"a*to*ry\, a.
Not dilatory. [Obs.]
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dilatory
(wn) | dilatory
adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky,
pokey] |
dilatory plea
(wn) | dilatory plea
n 1: a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of
action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim
disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually
raised in the defendant's answer) |
DILATORY
(bouvier) | DILATORY. That which is intended for delay. It is a maxim, that delays in
law are odious, dilationes in lege sunt odiosae. Plowd. 75.
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DILATORY DEFENCE
(bouvier) | DILATORY DEFENCE. chancery practice. A dilatory defence is one, the object
of which is to dismiss, suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the
merits, until the impediment or obstacle insisted on shall be removed.
2. These defences are of four kinds: 1. To the jurisdiction of the
court. 2. To the person of the plaintiff or defendant. 3. To the form of
proceedings, as that the suit is irregularly brought, or it is defective in
its appropriate allegation of the parties; and, 4. To the propriety of
maintaining the suit itself, because of the pendancy of another suit for the
same controversy. Montag. Eq. Pl. 88; Story Eq. Pl. Sec. 434. Vide Defence:
Plea, dilatory.
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DILATORY PLEAS
(bouvier) | DILATORY PLEAS. Those which delay the plaintiff's remedy, by questioning,
not the cause of action, but the propriety of the suit, or the mode in which
the remedy is sought. Vide Plea, dilatory.
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