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di·cast   (dī'kāst', dĭk'āst')   
n.  One of the 6,000 citizens chosen each year in ancient Athens to sit in the law courts, with functions resembling those of a judge and juror.

[Greek dikastēs, judge, from dikazein, to judge, from dikē, right, custom; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
di·cas'tic adj.
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