diversity
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
United States Code
50 U.S.C. § 3334b — in this section
The term "diversity" means diversity of persons based on gender, race, ethnicity, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and other demographic categories.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A plea by a convict, in bar of execution; of "diversity of person," i. e., that he is not the same person who was attainted. 4 Bl. Comm. 396. DIVERSO INTUITU (Lat.) With a different view, purpose, or design; in a different view or point of view; by a different course or process. 1 W. Bl. 89; Cas. temp. Hardw. 132; 9 East, 311; 4 Kent, Comm. 211, note; 1 Pet. (U. S.) 500; 2 GalL (U. S.) 318; Story, Bailm. § 57. See "Alio Intuitu."
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Incriminal pleading. A plea by the prisoner in bar of execution, alleging that be is not the same who was attainted, upon which a jury is immediately impaneled to try the collateral issue thus raised, viz., the identity of the person, and not whether he is guilty or innocent, tor that has been already decided. 4 bl. Comm. 396.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A plea by a prisoner in bar of execution, that he is not the same person who was convicted or attainted; upon which a jury was formally impanelled to try his identity.