dies non

noun

A day on which courts are not held.

OriginLatin dies non juridicus →
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Meanings

noun
  1. lawA day on which courts are not held.

    Sunday, as the Midland timetable sapiently observed, was a dies non in Scotland, yet the N.B.R. [North British Railway], though a Scots company, had a Sunday train; true, it did not work on Scottish soil, as it only ran over the 22 miles of Cumbrian track that connected Carlisle and Silloth.

    1953 August, Basil M. Bazley, “Carlisle in 1905”, in Railway Magazine, page 519

Origin

  1. Latindies non juridicus
  2. Englishdies non

Latin dies non juridicus.

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APA

dies non. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dies%20non

MLA

“dies non.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dies%20non. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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