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

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

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

To-morrow is a dies non as far as I'm concerned.

From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick

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

The meal, for the third time running, was laid in Cai's parlour, Mrs Bowldler having delicately elected to ignore the upset caused by the parrot and to treat yesterday as a dies non.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir