'Delation' definitions:
Definition of 'Delation'
From: GCIDE
- Delation \De*la"tion\, n. [L. delatio accusation: cf. F. d['e]lation.]
- 1. Conveyance. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) Accusation by an informer. --Milman. [1913 Webster]