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Diligiatus

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. [from di, away, and ligius, or ligiatus, under the protection of the law.] In old English law. Cast out of the law's protection, (ejectus e patrocinio legis;) outlawed; an outlaw.

Spelman. LL.

Hen. I. c. 45, cited ibid.