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Dilatoriness

The quality of being dilatory lateness slowness tardiness sluggishness...

Dilatory

Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once given the procrastination delaying procrastinating loitering as a dilatory servant...

Dilatory pleas, a class of defence founded on some matter of fact not connected with the merits of the case, but such as might exist without impeaching the right of action itself. They were either pleas to the jurisdiction, showing that, by reason of some matter therein stated ,the case was not within the jurisdiction of the Court, or pleas in suspension, showing some matter of temporary incapacity to proceed with the suit; or pleas in abatement, showing some matter for abatement or quashing the declaration. These pleas must have been verified by affidavit or otherwise, and pleaded within four days from delivery of declaration, 4 Anne, c. 16. Pleas in Abatement are now abolished. See ABATEMENT....

Plea

Plea [fr. plee, Fr.]. this was the name of a defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's declaration; anciently a suit or action.Pleas were divided into common pleas, relating to civil causes, and pleas of the Crown, relating to criminal prosecutions.At Common Law pleas were divided into:(1) Dilatory; which were subdivided into:(a) To the jurisdiction of the Court.(b) In suspension of the action,(c) In abatement of the writ or declaration, and:(2) Peremptory, i.e., in bar of the action.The distinction between these two classes of pleas was that the dilatory showed some ground for quashing the declaration, the peremptory for defeating the action. Consult Bullen and Leake, or Odgers on Pleading, and Ch. Arch. Practice.In equity, a plea was resorted to by a defendant when an objection was not apparent on the bill itself, or, as the technical phrase was, where it arose from matter dehors the bill, other matter being dealt with by 'Answer' (see that title).A defendant now raises his defence...

Respondeat ouster

Respondeat ouster (let him answer over). If a demurrer is joined in a plea to the jurisdiction, person, or writ, etc., and it be judged that the defendant put in a more substantial plea, interlocutory judgment is given that he shall answer. Also, if a prisoner fail upon a plea in bar, he has judgment of respondent ouster, and may plead over to the offence the general issue, not guilty, Steph. Com., 7th ed., iii. 569; iv. 405.(let him make further answer) -- A judgment or order that a party who made a dilatory plea that has been denied must now plead on merits, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1313.Means 'let him make further answer'. A judgment or order that a party who made a dilatory plea that has been denied must now plead on the merits, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1313....

filibuster

filibuster : the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action esp. in a legislative assembly ;also : an instance of this practice vb -tered -ter·ing vi : to engage in a filibuster vt : to subject to a filibuster ...

moratorium

moratorium pl: -riums or: -ria [New Latin, from Late Latin, neuter of moratorius dilatory, from morari to delay, from mora delay] 1 a : an authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation (as the paying of a debt) b : a waiting period set by an authority 2 : a suspension of activity ...

Cunctative

Slow tardy dilatory causing delay...

Fabian

Of pertaining to or in the manner of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus cautious dilatory avoiding a decisive contest...

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