Usually means: Delaying or suspending an obligation.
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  1. moratory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. moratory: Collins English Dictionary
  3. moratory: Wordnik
  4. moratory: Wiktionary
  5. moratory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. moratory: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. moratory: Dictionary.com
  8. moratory: FreeDictionary.org
  9. moratory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. moratory: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. moratory: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (law, finance) Pertaining to delay of payment or fulfilment of an obligation.

Similar:
delinquent, late, promissory, owing, due and payable, binding, tax-deferred, mohatra, anti-lapse, take-or-pay, more...

Opposite:
active, operative, effective, functioning, ongoing

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Similar:
delinquent, late, promissory, owing, due and payable, binding, tax-deferred, mohatra, anti-lapse, take-or-pay, more...

Opposite:
active, operative, effective, functioning, ongoing



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