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.