Juridical Dictionary

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Digest




Digest

An index or compilation of abstracts of reported cases into one, set forth under proper law topic headings or titles and usually in alphabetical arrangement.

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Compilation
A literary production, composed of the works of others, and arranged in some methodical manner.

Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.

Proper
That which is essential, suitable, adapted, and correct.



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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.

Diet
An assembly held by persons having authority to manage the public affairs of the nation.

Difference
A dispute, contest, disagreement, quarrel.

Digest

Dignities
English law. Titles of honor.

Dilapidation
Literally, this signifies the injury done to a building by taking stones from it; but in its figurative, which is also its technical sense, it means the waste committed or permitted upon a building.

Dilatory
That which is intended for delay.

Dilatory defence
Chancery practice. A dilatory defence is one, the object of which is to dismiss, suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the merits, until the impediment or obstacle insisted on shall be removed.

Dilatory defense
A defense designed to dismiss, suspend, or obstruct the prosecution of a claim, without touching upon the defendant's "meritorious defense".

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