dies non

American  

[dahy-eez non, dee-eys nohn] / ˈdaɪ iz ˈnɒn, ˈdi eɪs ˈnoʊn /

noun

Law.

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

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dies non British  

/ ˈdaɪiːz nɒn /

noun

1. Also called: dies non juridicus.  law a day on which no legal business may be transacted Compare juridical days

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Etymology

Origin of dies non

1600–10; short for Latin diēs nōn jūridicus a day not juridical (for legal business)

Example Sentences

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dies non

For of other affections, there is occasion given, but now and then; and therefore it was well said, Invidia festos dies non agit: for it is ever working upon some or other.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon

Is Christmas Day to be reckoned as an ordinary day of the week, or as a Sunday, or as a dies non?

From Hocken and Hunken by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

But for men whose voyaging depended on sails, it was, as the lawyers say, a dies non.

From Pieces of Eight by Richard Le Gallienne

A beautiful clear morning, but this was nevertheless a dies non to us, owing to the impassable state of the surface of the earth.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell

Gone, November 5th, 1878, a dies non, which never was born.

From Round the World by Andrew Carnegie