That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning.

A rhetorical figure in which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Enc. Lond.

Dialogue of or about the exchequer. An ancient treatiseon the court of exchequer, attributed by some to Gervase of Tilbury, by others toRichard Fitz Nigel, bishop of London in the reign of

A logical reasoning in a progressive manner, proceeding from one subject to another. Enc. Lond.

Daily food, or as much as will suffice for the day. Du Cange

In old records. Daily; every day; from day to day. Spelman.

In old English law. A tally for accounts, by number of cuts, (taillecs,) marks,or notches. Cowell. See TALLIA, TAT.I.Y.

Small cubes of bone or ivory, marked with figures or devices on their severalsides, used in playing certain games of chance. See Wetmore v. State, 55 Ala. 198.

To order or instruct what is to be said or written. To pronounce, word byword, what is meant to be written by another. Hamilton v. Hamilton, 6 Mart. (N. S.) (La.) 143.

In Louisiana, this term is used in a technical sense, and means to pronounceorally what is destined to be written at the same time by another. It is used inreference to nuncupative

A magistrate invested with unlimited power, and created in times of nationaldistress and peril. Among the Romans, he continued in office for six months only,and had unlimited power and authority over both

In general. A statement, remark, or observation. Oralis dictum; a gratuitousor voluntary representation; one which a party is not bound to make. 2 Kent,Comm. 480. Simplex dictum; a mere assertion ; an

The edict or declaration of Kenilworth. An edict or awardbetween King Henry III. and all the barons and others who had been in arms againsthim; and so called because it was made

See DYING WITHOUT ISSUE.

Lat In Roman law. This name was given to a notice promulgated by amagistrate of his intention to present an impeachment against a citizen before the people,specifying the day appointed, the name

(Lat. He has closed his last day,

Lat. A day; days. Days for appearance in court. Provisions or maintenance fora day. The king’s rents were anciently reserved by so many days’ provisions. Spelman;Cowell; Blount.

(The day from which.) In the civil law. The day from which a transactionbegins; the commencement of it: the conclusion being the dies ad quem. Mackeld.Rom. Law,

The day begins ; dies venit, the day has come.Two expressions in Roman law which signify the vesting or fixing of an interest, and the interest becoming a present one. Sandars’ Just.

A day given in the bench, (or court of common pleas.) Bract, fols. 2576, 301. A day given in bank, as distinguished from a day at nisi prius. Co. Litt. 135.