Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Roman Curia & papal household

Dilata

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DILATA. - It is the formula of reply in use at the Holy Congregations (v. CONGREGAZIONI PONTIFICI), when to a recourse or petition or to a doubt proposed no affirmative or negative answer can be given on the day established for the decision, but the matter must be postponed for whatever reason: most often this happens when it is deemed necessary that the proofs be completed, or that some point of law be better elucidated, or that some other consultor be heard.

The reply d. entails the postponement of the decision, generally without fixing the new date in advance (when, on the other hand, this is established as early as the day of the postponement, instead of d. the reply iterum proponatur is customarily given). Pius Ciprotti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1601.

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Ciprotti, Pio. “Dilata.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1601. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/dilata.

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Ciprotti, Pio. “Dilata.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1601. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/dilata.

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@incollection{ec4_dilata,
  author    = {Ciprotti, Pio},
  title     = {Dilata},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1601},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/dilata}
}

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