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dilatory plea
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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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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) |
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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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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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