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delay rental.Oil & gas. A payment from the lessee to the lessor made to maintain the mineral lease  from  period  to  period  during  the  primary  term  without  an  obligation  to  drill.  See DRILLING-DELAY  RENTAL  CLAUSE;  “or”lease,  “unless”lease  under  LEASE;  PAID-UP LEASE. [Blacks Law 8th]

delayed sentence.See SENTENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

delayed funds availability.A hold that a bank places on uncollected funds that are represented by a deposited check. — Abbr. DFA. [Blacks Law 8th]

delayed-compliance   order.Environmental   law.   An   order   issued   by   the   Environmental Protection Agency or by a state agency to an existing source of pollutants, whereby the deadline for  complying  with  an  implementation  plan  is  postponed.  See  IMPLEMENTATION  PLAN. [Cases: Environmental Law    19.] [Blacks Law 8th]

delayed appeal.See APPEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]

delay,n.1.  The  act  of  postponing  or  slowing  <the  continuance  was  sought  for  no  purpose other than delay>. Cf. VEXATIOUS DELAY. 2. An instance at which something is postponed or slowed  <the  delay  in  starting  the  trial  made  it  difficult  for  all  the  witnesses  to  attend>.3.  The period during which something is postponed or slowed <during…

delatura  (del-<<schwa>>-tyoor-<<schwa>>),  n.[fr.  Latin  deferre  “to  denounce”]  Hist.  A reward given to an informer. [Blacks Law 8th]

delator  (di-lay-t<<schwa>>r),  n.  [Latin]  Roman  law.  1.  An  informer.  2.  An  accuser;  esp.,  a person who made a practice of informing on and prosecuting others, esp. for fiscal offenses. • This was at first encouraged, but later the informer became subject to the death penalty. Pl. delatores. [Blacks Law 8th]

delatio  (di-lay-shee-oh),  n.[fr.  Latin  deferre  “to  denounce”]  Roman  &  civil  law.  1.  An accusation. 2. Information. [Blacks Law 8th]

de latere (dee lat-<<schwa>>r-ee). [Latin] Of collaterals; from the side. [Blacks Law 8th]