Legal Definitions - diet

Diet can have different meanings:

1. A specific way of eating or a plan for food intake.
2. A meeting day for a governing body, such as a national assembly.
3. A day to perform a duty in Scots law, such as a court sitting day or a criminal pleading or trial day.

1. My doctor recommended a low-carb diet to help me lose weight.

2. The German empire had a diet, which was a national assembly that met regularly to perform various functions, including levying taxes, enacting laws, and declaring war.

3. In Scots law, there are two diets in the procedure on indictment: the pleading diet, when the accused is called to plead, and the trial diet when, if he has pled not guilty, he is tried.

The examples illustrate the different meanings of the term diet. The first example shows how diet can refer to a specific way of eating or a plan for food intake. The second example shows how diet can refer to a meeting day for a governing body, in this case, the national assembly of the German empire. The third example shows how diet can refer to a day to perform a duty in Scots law, such as a court sitting day or a criminal pleading or trial day.