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dies non

[ dahy-eez non, dee-eys nohn ]

noun

Law.
  1. a day on which no courts can be held.


dies non

/ ˈdaɪiËz nÉ’n /

noun

  1. law a day on which no legal business may be transacted Also calleddies non juridicusdʒʊˈrɪdɪkəs Compare juridical days
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dies non1

1600–10; short for Latin diÄ“s nÅn jÅ«ridicus a day not juridical (for legal business)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dies non1

C19: shortened from Latin phrase diÄ“s nÅn jÅ«ridicus literally: day which is not juridical, that is, not reserved for legal affairs
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In his essay “On Envy,†the philosopher Francis Bacon wrote, “Of all other affections, it is the most importune and continual. For of other affections there is occasion given but now and then; and therefore it was well said, ‘Invidia festos dies non agit.’

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Thursday.—A dies non for the galleries.

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Sunday's what they call a dies non; you're a lady of education, so you know what that means.

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I have given," says the Judge in a letter to a friend, "nearly the whole of last term, when not on judicial duty, two lectures every day, and even broke in upon the sanctity of the dies non juridicus, Saturday.

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This is dies non, and no one is obliged or expected to attend.

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