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Definition :

Diet [fr. dies, Lat., an appointed day, Skinner; or diet, an old German word, meaning a multitude, Junius]. I.--A deliberative assembly of princes or estates.

II.--Food. The statute of Nottingham, 10 Edw. 3, c. 3, (English) relating to excess in diet (de cibariis utend is), was repealed by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64.