Legal Term: DAY

Definition: A division of time. It is natural, and then it consists of twenty-four hours, or the space of time which elapses while the earth makes a complete revolution on its axis, or artificial, which contains the time, from the rising until the setting of the sun, and a short time before rising and after setting. Vide Night, and Co. Lit. 135, a. 2. Days are sometimes calculated exclusively, as when an act required that an appeal should be made within twenty days after a decision. 3 Penna. 200, 3 B. & A. 581, 15 Serg. & Rawle, 43. In general, if a thing is to be done within such a time after such a fact, the day of the fact shall be taken inclusively. Hob. 139, Doug. 463,3 T. R. 623, Com. Dig. Temps, A, 3 East, 407. 3. The law, generally, rejects fractions of days, but in some cases it takes notice of such parts. 2 B. & A. 586. Vide Date. 4. By the custom of some places, the word days is understood to be working days, and not including Sundays. 3 Espin. N. P. C. 121. Vide, generally, 2 Chit. Bl. 141, note 3, 1 Chit. Pr. 774, 775, 3 Chit. Pr. 110, Lill. Reg. h. t, 1 Rop. Leg. 518, 15 Vin. Ab. 554, Dig. 33, 1, 2, Dig. 50, 16, 2, 1, Id. 2, 12, 8, and articles Hour, Month, Year.

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