dilatory

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Dilatory tactics on the part of the Madrid Government delayed the actual transfer of the territory more than two years.

From The Reign of Andrew Jackson by Ogg, Frederic Austin

Dilatory motions to prevent the consideration of business are comparatively recent expedients, and should not be favored in any case save where absolutely required by some clear rule of established practice.

From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren

And, apparently, this time Dilatory was not coming, for the travelers walked all the way without meeting the carriage.

From Patty Fairfield by Wells, Carolyn

Dilatory motions were granted from time to time, and it was not until the 4th of June that demurrers to the indictments were filed.

From Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Field, Stephen Johnson

Dilatory negotiations were in the meantime being conducted by Beverweert in London, and by Downing at the Hague in regard to this and other grievances, but without any approach to a settlement.

From History of Holland by Edmundson, George