| 单词 | dilatory defence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdilatory defence b. Law. dilatory plea, a plea put in for the sake of delay. dilatory exception: see exception n. 4(a). dilatory defence (in Scots Law): see quot. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea for sake of delay dilator1473 prolong1488 dilatory plea1535 dilature1554 dilatory1570 interplea1631 horse-plea1796 1292 Britton ii. xvii. §1 Par excepciouns dilatories.] 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 14 §5 None essoin..or other dilatorie ple for the defendant shall be admitted. 1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) 21 They..do seeke for nothing more then to checke the course of iustice by their delatory pleas. 1678 Hickes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 49 At last all the dilatory exceptions being answered, the Jury was impanelled and the witnesses sworn. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 301 Dilatory pleas are such as tend merely to delay or put off the suit, by questioning the propriety of the remedy, rather than by denying the injury. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Dilatory Defence is a plea offered by a defender for eliding the conclusions of the action, without entering on the merits of the cause. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 327 Those [exceptions] are dilatory that are available only for a time, such as that of an agreement not to sue say for five years. < as lemmas |
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