Diei dictio

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A Roman magistrate’s notice of intention to impeach a citizen.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat In Roman law. This name was given to a notice promulgated by a magistrate of his intention to present an impeachment against a citizen before the people, specifying the day appointed, the name of the accused, and the crime charged.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I In the Roman law. The notice given by a magistrate that he intended to impeach a certain citizen of a certain crime before the people on a certain day.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat.

In Roman law. This name wag given to a notice promulgated by a magistrate of his intention to present an impeachment ayainst a citizen before the people, specifying the day appointed, the name of the accused, and the crime charged.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In the Roman law. The notice given by a magistrate that he intended to impeach a certain citizen, (whom he mentioned by name,) of a certain crime, before the people, on a certain day. Hallifax Anal. b. 3, ch. 13, num. 40.