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Dicast

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An officer In ancient Greece answering nearly to our juryman.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An Athenian judge chosen by popular lot.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An officer in ancient Greece answering in some respects to our juryman, but combining, on trials had before them, the functions of both judge and jury. The dicasts sat together in numbers varying, according to the importance of the case, from one to five hundred.