Definition for

diligence


noun – A public stage-coach: usually with reference to France, but also applied to such stage-coaches elsewhere.

noun – Constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; constancy in the performance of duty or the conduct of business; persistent exertion of body or mind; industry; assiduity.

noun – Care; heed; caution; heedfulness.

noun – In law, the attention and care due from a person in a given situation.

noun – In Scots law: The warrant issued by a court for enforcing tho attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.

noun – The process of law by which persons, lands, or effects are attached on execution, or in security for debt.

noun – Synonyms Industry, Application, etc. (see assiduity), assiduousness.

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