Dilatory vs Cessor - What's the difference?
dilatory | cessor |
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
* Motley
Slow or tardy.
(legal) In English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to have the writ of cessavit brought against him.
(obsolete) One who determined the amount of a cess; an assessor.
As an adjective dilatory
is intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.As a noun cessor is
in English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to have the writ of cessavit brought against him.dilatory
English
Adjective
(-)- a dilatory strategy
- Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon his adversary.
