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Dies solis

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In the civil and old English law. Sunday, literally, the day of the sun.

So called in Code, 3. 12. 7.

DIES UTILES (Lat. useful or available days). Days in which an heir might apply to the judge for an inheritance. Cooper, Inst.; Calv. Lex.; Du Cange.