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Mora

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Delay.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat In the civil law. Delay; default; neglect; culpable delay or default Calvin.

Sax. A moor; barren or unprofitable ground; marsh; a heath; a watery bag or moor. Co. Litt. 5; Fleta, 12, e. 71.
—Mora mussa. A watery or boggy moor; a morass.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I In the civil law. Delay; default; neglect; culpable delay or default; delay in fulfilling an obligation, as in the payment of money. Mora reprobatnr in lege: delay is reprobated in law.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat.

In thecivil law. Delay; default; neglect; culpable delay or default. Calvin.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

IN, civil term, in mora, ts used a party to a contract, to do any thing, has perform it, and is in on Bailm. § 123, Bailm. 70; Poth. Prét 2, § 2, art. 2, n. 60; mot Demeure; Mora.