Moratory

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moratory \Mor"a*to*ry\, a. [L. moratorius delaying, fr. morari
     to delay.]
     Of or pertaining to delay; esp., designating a law passed, as
     in a time of financial panic, to postpone or delay for a
     period the time at which notes, bills of exchange, and other
     obligations, shall mature or become due.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]