Definitions for "Diligence"
Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
seeing each task as a special assignment from the Lord and using all energies to accomplish it. (Colossians 3:23 - "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." ~NIV)
persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
The legal process by which a debtor's lands, personal or moveable property are attached for the recovery of the debt
a legal action to compel a defaulting party to an obligation to pay or perform what he had undertaken in the obligation; it comes in various forms, depending on whether action is taken against the defaulter's moveable or heritable property. Horning and poinding are the usual ones applied to moveables, inhibition to heritable subjects. diocese the extent of a bishop's jurisdiction. They continued important for long after the Reformation, because the area of jurisdiction of each commissary was determined by the bounds of the earlier diocese
Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
Reasonable progress towards making a conditional water right absolute by putting unappropriated water to a beneficial use. Must be proved in a water court proceeding through an application initiated every six-years after entry of the conditional decree or most recent diligence decree. Acts demonstrating diligence include engineering, permitting, financing, and construction of water facilities needed to complete water diversion and delivery to the place of use.
Action taken towards the perfection of a conditional water right.
The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
Reasonable care or attention to a matter, which is good enough to avoid a claim of negligence, or is a fair attempt (as in due diligence in a process server's attempt to locate someone). (http://dictionary.law.com)
In legal terms, diligence means providing thorough enough attention to a matter that a negligence claim is avoidable.
Keywords:  overturned, coach, snow, type
a type of coach, which can here be seen overturned in the snow
A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
Keywords:  warrant, summary, authority
done on the authority of a summary warrant.
Keywords:  owed, ensure, steps, procedure, someone
Legal procedure where someone owed money takes steps to ensure payment of the money owed