Dicast

noun

1. 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.
2. In ancient Athens, one of 6,000 citizens who were chosen by lot annually to sit as judges, in greater or less number according to the importance of the case, and whose functions corresponded to those of the modern juryman and judge combined.
3. A functionary in ancient Athens resembling closely to the modern juryman.
4. A juror in ancient Athens.