A lawful day for the transaction of judicial or court business; a day on which the courts are ormav be open for the transaction of business. Didsbury v. Van Tassell, 56 Hun,

In the civil and old English law. A lawful or law day; a term day; a day of appearance.

In old English law. The day of meetin of English and Scotch, which was annually held on the marches or borders to adjusttheir differences and preserve peace.

In Roman law. Days on which the courts were closed, and it was unlawful to administer justice; answering to the dies nonjuridioi of the English law. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

An abbreviation of Dies non juridicus, (q. v.)

In practice. A day not juridical; not a court day. A day on which courts are not open for business, such as Sundays and someholidays. Havens v. Stiles, 8 Idaho, 250, 67

In old English law. A solar day, as distinguished from what was called “dieslunaris,” (a lunar day;) both composing an artificial day. Bract, fol. 264. See DAY.

Juridical days; useful or available days. A term of the Roman law,used to designate those especial days occurring within the limits of a prescribed periodof time upon which it was lawful, or

A general legislative assembly is sometimes so called on the continent of Europe.In Scotch practice. The sitting of a court An appearance day. A day fixed for the trialof a criminal cause.

A day’s Journey; a day’s work; a day’s expenses.

In Scotch law. The days within which parties in civil and criminal prosecutions are cited to appear. Bell.

Fr. God and my right The motto of the royal arms of England, first assumed by Richard I.

To destroy; to disfigure or deface.

In an agreement for submission to arbitration, “difference” meansdisagreement or dispute. Fravert v. F’esler, 11 Colo. App. 387, 53 Pac. 288; PioneerMfg. Co. v. Phcenix Assur. Co., 106 N. C. 28, 10

For the meaning of the phrase “difficult and extraordinary case,” asused in New York statutes and practice, see Standard Trust Co. v. New York, etc., R.Co., 178 N. Y. 407, 70 N.

Second marriage; marriage to a second wife after the death ofthe first, as “bigamy,” in law, is having two wives at once. Originally, a man whomarried a widow, or married again after

A collection or compilation, embodying the chief matter of numerous booksin one, disposed under proper heads or titles, and usually by an alphabetical arrangement,for facility in reference.As a legal term, “digest” is

Digests. One of the titles of the Pandects of Justinian. Inst, proem,

The ordinary name of the Pandects of Justinian, which are now usuallycited by the abbreviation “Dig.” instead of “Ff.,” as formerly. Sometimes called “Digest,”in the singular.

Has been held as synonymous with “excavating,” and not confined to theremoval of earth. Sherman v. New York, 1 N. Y. 316.