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Definition

a temporary stop to an ongoing activity

In law, a moratorium is an authorized postponement before a right can be exercised or an obligation must be discharged.

The environmentalists want a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf until further studies are completed.

a moratorium on payment of principal of outstanding city notes
See also the never-passed "Life Patenting Moratorium Act of 1993," (103rd Congress, S.387) introduced February 18, 1993.
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Abolitionists were becoming hopeful that more profound death penalty reform or possibly a moratorium might be achievable.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
He is intrigued by this correlation but, like the "Moratorium" author, fails to see the direction in which the correlation runs.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
The moratorium on new prisoners seemed real, because the flow of new faces slowed to a feeble trickle.
Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
The ensuing march and demonstration — called the Chicano Moratorium Against The War — became the largest anti-war rally ever held in a minority community.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
It was October is, Moratorium Day, when the United States reverberated with the chants and pleadings of those discontented with the war.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
Well, let's agree on a moratorium.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
Osner has imposed a moratorium on crash talk," Daisy said.
Judy Blume -- In the Unlikely Event
On the basis of these promises, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the leaders of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a moratorium on all demonstrations.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Charles agreed to a moratorium, but after several months candidly told his father, "Were I to declare that I did not entertain the same opinion of Sally Smith that I ever did, I should declare a falsehood."
David McCullough -- John Adams
I declare, effective at this moment, a moratorium on the payment of all debts, rents, taxes, interest, mortgages, insurance claims, and premiums, and all and any other financial obligations for the duration of the emergency.
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
At age 16, I participated in the Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War — the so-called East L.A. riot.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
But, right now you can't make up for the Chicano Moratorium, for Miguel Robles and all the others who've suffered because of this society.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
Don't you know what they can do to us through this Railroad Pool, or through the Unification Board, or through the moratorium on our bonds?
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
A result and impetus of all this activity became the Chicano Moratorium Against the War.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
As soon as the "Martha moratorium" was lifted, the Camp would get dozens of freaks rushed in, ruining our temporarily placid prison lives.
Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
THE MORATORIUM ON BRAINS "Where have you been all this time?"
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
The moratorium on brains.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged

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