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DILIGENCE

Volume 2 · 74 words · 1771 Edition

Scots law, signifies either that care and attention which parties are bound to give, in implementing certain contracts or trusts, and which varies according to the nature of the contract; as to which, see Scots Law, title 7. 20. and 28.: Or it signifies certain forms of law, whereby the creditor endeavours to operate his payment, either by affecting the person or estate of the debtor; see tide 18.

Dill, in botany. See Anethum.