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
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.