Diligence
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In Scotch law and practice. Process of law, by which persons, lands or effects are seized in execution or in security for debt. Ersk. Inst. b.
2, tit. 11, § 1. Brande.
Process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses, or the production of writings. Ersk. Inst. b.
4, tit. 1, § 11.