Dilatio
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from differre, to put off.] In old English law. Delay. Sine dilatiane; without delay.
Beg. Orig. 1.
DiiatioBCfl Im lef • •■■! odiosM. Delays in law are odious.
Branch's Princ
In the civil and canon law. Time allowed a plaintiff or defendant to do a judicial act; the putting off, or postponement of a cause.
Calvin Lex. Jur. 4 Reeves' Hist. 17.