De*la"tion (?), n. [L. delatio accusation: cf. F. d'elation.]

1.

Conveyance.

[Obs. or Archaic]

In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them. Bacon.

2. Law

Accusation by an informer.

Milman.

 

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