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

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 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Would I be so kind as to regard this as a dies non in the rota of our pleasant gatherings?

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

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

From Round the World by Carnegie, Andrew

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

From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard

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 Mitchell, Thomas