Diet
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or DYET.
In Scotch practice. The sitting of a court. 3 How. St. Tr. 654. An appearance day. Bell, Diet. A day fixed for the trial of a criminal cause. 2 Alison, Prac. 343; 2 Brown, 240. A criminal cause aS prepared for trial. 1 Brown, 268; 2 Brown, 141. "Deserting the diet." Arkley, 481. DIETA (Lat.) A day's journey; a day's work; a day's expenses. A reasonable day's journey is said to be twenty miles, by an old computation. Cowell; Spelman; Bracton, 235b; 3 Bl. Comm. 218.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A legislative assembly; a meeting of delegates.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A general assembly is sometimes so called on the continent of Europe. 1 Bla. Com. 147. DIETA (Lat.). A day's journey; a day's work; a day's expenses. A reasonable day's journey is said to be twenty miles, by an old computation. Cowell; Spelman, Gloss.; Bracton 235 b; 3 Bla. Com. 218.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A general legislative assembly is sometimes bo called on the continent of Europe.
In Scotch practice. The sitting of a court. An appearance day. A day fixed for the trial of a criminal cause. A criminni cause as prepared for trial.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
dit, I. fr. A word; said; a saying.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A general legislative assembly is sonietimes so called on the continent ot Europe. for the trial of 2 eriminal cause. <A criminal cause as prepared for trial.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
dit, etc., yv*. Said; a saying. mark thrown out by the way; an assertion of law not necessary to the decision of the case.