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dies non

dies non noun: a day on which courts are not held.

Noun

dies non

  1. A 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 of dies non

Latin dies non juridicus.

Questions about dies non

What does dies non mean?
Dies non means a day on which courts are not held.
What part of speech is dies non?
Dies non is a noun.

Words near dies non in the dictionary

  1. dies just the way one lived
  2. dies laughing
  3. dies like flies
  4. dies like one lived
  5. dies natalis
  6. dies non
  7. dies off
  8. dies on
  9. dies on one's arse
  10. dies on the vine
  11. dies out

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