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‖ dies|ˈdaɪiːz|
The Latin word for ‘day’; used in certain phrases. a. dies iræ, ‘day of wrath’, the first words, and hence the name, of a Latin hymn on the Last Judgement ascribed to Thomas of Celano (c 1250).
b. dies non (short for dies non juridicus), in Law, a day on which no legal business is transacted, or which is not reckoned in counting days for some particular purpose. Also in other legal phrases: see quot. 1848. Also transf., a day that does not count or on which there is no activity.
1607–72Cowell Interpr., Dies..A legal day, and that is of two sorts, 1. Dies Juridicus, and 2. Dies non Juridicus. Dies Juridici are all dayes..given in Term to the Parties in Court. Dies non Juridici are all Sundayes in the year, besides, in the several Terms particular dayes. 1805Scott Last Minstr. vi. xxx, And far the echoing aisles prolong The awful burthen of the song,—Dies iræ, dies illa, Solvet sæclum in favilla. 1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 156 A Sunday..is a dies non, or no day in law. 1848Wharton Law Lex., Dies amoris (the day of love), the appearance day of the Term on the fourth day, or quarto die post. It was the day given by the favour and indulgence of the court to the defendant for his appearance, when all parties appeared in court, and had their appearance recorded by the proper officer. Dies datus, the day of respite given to a defendant... Dies juridicus, a court day... Dies non juridicus, not a court day. 1860Thackeray Round. Papers (1863) 196 The idea (dies iræ!) of discovery must haunt many a man. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 213 Men have been curiously judging themselves by always calling the day they expected, ‘Dies Iræ’, instead of ‘Dies Amoris’. 1897Daily News 19 Apr. 2/1 This has been almost a ‘dies non’ in the city, owing to the Stock Exchange being closed. 1937N. & Q. CLXXIII. 369/2 Thursdays are a dies non in the players' week. |