- מגיזתא II
- מְגִיזְתָּאII f. (גְּזַז) arbitrary decision. דיני דמ׳ the arbitration practice of untrained magistrates, opp. to learned courts. B. Mets.30b אלא (מאי) דינא דמ׳ לדיינו ed. (Ms. M. מגוסתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) what else should they have done (in lieu of deciding according to the law of the Torah)? Should they have followed the practice of the arbitrators?V. מְגִיסְתָּא II.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
