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
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.