| 单词 | diet of compearance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdiet of compearance b. spec. The day on which a party in a civil or criminal process is cited to appear in court. More fully diet of appearance, diet of compearance. (So Old French journée.) ΚΠ 1568 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlvii. 80 Gif he cumis nocht thair, I wald we tuke, To keip oure dyet, Maister Dauid Makgill. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 13 Nov. (1855) 93 To compeir befoire the said Committie of Estaites..and that to anie day or diet the said Commissares or Collectores shall pleis to charge thame to. 1692 King William III Addit. Instr. to Sir T. Livingstone 16 Jan. in J. M'Conechy Papers Illustr. Polit. Condition Highlands (1845) 65 These who have not taken the benefite of our indemnity..within the dyet prefixed by our proclamation. 1692 A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) 26 A market for good fat kine [is] kept on the Friday..this market being rul'd by the dyets of the nolt-market of Wigton. 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. ii. vi. 391 Having obtained a Dyet, i.e. a set day for his publick trial. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 9 All the Diets of Court are peremptory. 1810 Act 50 Geo. III c. 112 §27 In actions at present requiring two diets of appearance against persons within Scotland, there shall be only one diet of twenty-seven days. < as lemmas |
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