dies datus

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dies datus - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  DIES DATUS, practice. A day or time given to a defendant in a suit, which is 
  in fact a continuance of the cause. It is so called when given before a 
  declaration; when it is allowed afterwards it assumes the name of 
  imparlance. (q.v.)