without delay
without delay. 1. Instantly; at once. 2. Within the time reasonably allowed by law.
delay rental. Oil & gas. A payment from the lessee to the lessor made to maintain the mineral lease from period to period during the primary term without an obligation to drill. See DRILLING-DELAY RENTAL CLAUSE; “or”lease, “unless”lease under LEASE; PAID-UP LEASE.
immediate, adj. 1. Occurring without delay; instant (an immediate acceptance). 2. Not separated by other persons or things (her immediate neighbor). 3. Having a direct impact; without an intervening agency (the immediate cause of the accident). [Cases: Negligence 385. C.J.S. Negligence § 197.] — immediacy, immediateness, n.
thereupon, adv. 1. Immediately; without delay; promptly (the writ of execution issued from the court, and the sheriff thereupon sought to find the judgment debtor). 2. THEREON. 3. THEREFORE.
forthwith, adv. 1. Immediately; without delay. 2. Directly; promptly; within a reasonable time under the circumstances.
indistanter (in-di-stan-t[schwa]r), adv. [Law Latin “immediately”] Forthwith; without delay.
ex incontinenti (eks in-kon-t[schwa]-nen-tI). [Latin] Hist. Without delay; in a summary manner.
summary, adj. 1. Short; concise (a summary account of the events on March 6). 2. Without the usual formalities; esp., without a jury (a summary trial). 3. Immediate; done without delay (the new weapon was put to summary use by the military). — summarily (s[schwa]m-[schwa]r-[schwa]-lee or s[schwa]-mair-[schwa]-lee), adv. summary, n. 1. An abridgment or brief.
An assessment by the IRS — without the usual review procedures — of additional tax owed by a taxpayer who underpaid, based on the IRS’s belief that collection of the deficiency would be jeopardized by delay. IRC (26 USCA) §§ 6811 et seq. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4548. C.J.S. Internal Revenue § 651.]
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