Exceptio Dilatoria
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. In the civil law. A dilatory exception; called also temporalis, (temporary;) one which defeated the action for a time, {gum ad ternjms nocet,) and created delay, {et temporit dilationem tribuit); such as an agreement not to sue within a certain time, as five years.
Inst. 4. 13. 10. See Big. 44. 1. 3.
In the common law. A dilatory plea. Bract, fol.
240, 399 b, 421 b.
See DHatory plea,