Deferring judgement
A long delay in the passing of a judgment (for an old meaning. In the Talmudic source, there were instances of a deliberate delay of one day in the passing of a judgment from the day the trial was held, and this was necessary to provide an opportunity for someone who, during the night, would find someone who would teach justice to the accused, and he would find a scapegoat).
("Hear: Two scribes of the law stood before them, one on the right and one on the left, and wrote down the words of the accusers and the words of the accusers. In Shalma the words of the accusers - tomorrow they saw a new taste, and they went to the temple to pronounce judgment" - Sanhedrin 4:1)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֲלָנַת דִּין
Definition (Hebrew)
עִכּוּב אָרֹךְ בְּמַתַּן פְּסַק הַדִּין (לָן מַשְׁמָע יָשָׁן. בַּמָּקוֹר הַתַּלְמוּדִי הָיוּ מַצָּבִים שֶׁל עִכּוּב מְכֻוָּן שֶׁל יוֹם אֶחָד בְּמַתַּן פְּסַק הַדִּין מֵהַיּוֹם שֶׁהִסְתַּיֵּם הַמִּשְׁפָּט, וְזֹאת לְצֹרֶךְ מַתַּן אֶפְשָׁרוּת שֶׁאוּלַי יִמְצָא בְּמַהֲלַךְ הַלַּיְלָה מִישֶׁהוּ שֶׁיִּלְמַד זְכוּת עַל הַנֶּאֱשָׁם הוּא יִמְצָא זַכַּאי).
("תָּא שְׁמַע: שְׁנֵי סוֹפְרֵי הַדַּיָּנִין עוֹמְדִין לִפְנֵיהֶן, אֶחָד מִן הַיָּמִין וְאֶחָד מִן הַשְּׂמֹאל, וְכוֹתְבִין דִּבְרֵי הַמְזַכִּין וְדִבְרֵי הַמְחַיְּבִין. בְּשַׂלְמָא דִּבְרֵי הַמְּחַיְּבִין- לִמְחַר חָזוּ טַעְמָא אַחֲרִינָא, וּבָעוּ לְמֶעְבַּד הֲלָנַת דִּין"- סַנְהֶדְרִין לֵד ע"א)