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dilatorie

dilatorie , by dilatory procedure (esp. leg.). quare [mulier] dotem habere non debeat peremptorie, vel quare ad tempus differ[r]i debet actio et dotis exactio ~ie Bracton 301b; s1281 ego ‥ procurator ‥ abbatis et conventus de B‥. contra eundem W‥. excipiendo ~ie propono quod ‥ littere provisorie dicti W‥. carent effectu Chr. Peterb. 48; c1430 nec amicabiliter sciveritis honestum quicquam petere, in quo licebit nobis negatorie aut ~ie seu quomodolibet excusatorie respondere Reg. Whet. II app. 454; s1176 ~ie longos terminos dare Plusc. VI 30.

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