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Late Latin Late Latin ( la, Latinitas serior) is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity.Roberts (1996), p. 537. English dictionary definitions of Late Latin date this period from the , and continuing into the 7th century in t ...

''morātōrium'', neuter of ''morātōrius'', "delaying"), may refer to:

Law

Moratorium (law) A moratorium is a delay or suspension of an activity or a law. In a legal context, it may refer to the temporary suspension of a law to allow a legal challenge to be carried out. For example, animal rights activists and conservation authorities m ...

, a delay or suspension of an activity or a law

Music

*"Moratorium", a song by Alanis Morissette on her album ''

Flavors of Entanglement ''Flavors of Entanglement'' is the seventh studio album, fifth international release and last Maverick Records release by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The album, which was originally set for an April release, came out on May 30, ...

'' *"Moratorium", a song by Band-Maid on their album '' Just Bring It''

Protests

Black Moratorium Indigenous land rights in Australia, also known as Aboriginal land rights in Australia, relate to the rights and interests in land of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, and the term may also include the struggle for thos ...

, January 1972 Indigenous rights protest in Australia *

Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. It took place on October 15, 1969, followed a month later, on November 15, 1969 ...

, demonstrations against the Vietnam War held in the United States and Australia in 1969

Other uses

2010 United States deepwater drilling moratorium On May 30, 2010 a 6-month moratorium on all deepwater offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf was declared by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The limitation was in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred ...

, a six-month suspension following a catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico *

Debt moratorium A debt moratorium is a delay in the payment of debts or obligations. The term is generally used to refer to acts by national governments. Moratory laws are usually passed at times of special political or commercial stress: for instance, on severa ...

, delay allowed in repayment of debts *July Moratorium, a period with limited activity in the National Basketball Association (NBA) before their salary cap is announced *

Moratorium (entertainment) A moratorium is the practice of suspending the sales of films on home video DVD, VHS, and Blu-ray and boxed sets after a certain period of time. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment was famous for this practice, known as the "Disney Vault," in ...

, the practice of suspending sales of home videos by the distributors *

United Nations moratorium on the death penalty At Italy's instigation, the UN moratorium on the death penalty resolution was presented by the EU in partnership with eight co-author member States to the General Assembly of the United Nations, calling for general suspension (not abolition) ...

, 2007/8 resolutions of the UN {{disambig