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Dies datus






Dies datus

Practice. A day or time given to a defendant in a suit, which is in fact a continuance of the cause.

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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.

Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.

Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.

Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.

Fact
An action; a thing done. It is either simple or compound.

Continuance
Postponement of a legal proceeding to a later date.

Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.



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Dies
A day. There are four sorts of days: 1) A natural day; as, the morning and the evening made the first day. 2) An artificial day; that is, from day-break until twilight in the evening. 3) An astrological day, dies astrologicus, from sun to sun. 4) A legal day, which is dies juridicus, and dies non juridicus.

Dies a quo
The day from which.

Dies ad quem
The day to which.

Dies dominicus
The Lord's day - Sunday.

Dies dominicus non est juridicus
Sunday is a non-judicial day -- is not a day for court business, except as to the issue and return of criminal process.

Dies juridicus
A judicial or court day.

Dies non juridici
Dies non juridici or Dies non. Non-judicial days. Days during which courts do not transact any business, as Sunday. The entry of judgment upon such a day is void.

Dies non or dies non juridici
Dies non or Dies non juridici. Non-judicial days. Days during which courts do not transact any business, as Sunday. The entry of judgment upon such a day is void.

Diesel therapy
In the US penitentiary slang, constant transfers to keep a prisoner from associating with others or to discourage particular activity.



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Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.

Dictum
Latin. A saying, observation, remark. Plural, dicta. 1. A voluntary statement; a comment. 2. An opinion expressed by a judge on a point not necessarily arising in a case.

Dies
A day. There are four sorts of days: 1) A natural day; as, the morning and the evening made the first day. 2) An artificial day; that is, from day-break until twilight in the evening. 3) An astrological day, dies astrologicus, from sun to sun. 4) A legal day, which is dies juridicus, and dies non juridicus.

Dies a quo
The day from which.

Dies ad quem
The day to which.

Dies datus

Dies dominicus
The Lord's day - Sunday.

Dies dominicus non est juridicus
Sunday is a non-judicial day -- is not a day for court business, except as to the issue and return of criminal process.

Dies juridicus
A judicial or court day.

Dies non juridici
Dies non juridici or Dies non. Non-judicial days. Days during which courts do not transact any business, as Sunday. The entry of judgment upon such a day is void.

Dies non or dies non juridici
Dies non or Dies non juridici. Non-judicial days. Days during which courts do not transact any business, as Sunday. The entry of judgment upon such a day is void.

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