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Dieta

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A day,s work; a day’s journey.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A day's journey; a day's work; a day's expenses.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

dlseta, I. I. In old English law. a day's expenses.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A day’s journey; a day's work; a day's expenses.:

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. A day's journey, twenty miles; a day's work.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Diceta. L. Lat. [from dies, a day.] In old English law. A day's journey, (iter unius diei.) Spelman, Bract. fol. 135 b, 163, 235 b, 359. Treby, C. J., 1 Ld. Raym. 432, 433. According to Bracton, (fol. 235 b,) a reasonable dieta consisted of twenty miles. Blackstone makes this to be the computation of Sir Matthew Hale, but Hale merely refers to the passage in Bracton, (fol. 235 b,) which Blackstone has not quoted.