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Home Dictionary Name: dayAppointed day
Appointed day. A day fixed by an Act of Parliament for some purpose of the statute; see, e.g., the Local Government Act, 1894, s. 84; Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, s. 5.In relation to a Tribunal or an Appellate Tribunal, means the date on which such Tribunal is established under sub-s. (1) of s. 3 or, as the case maybe, sub-s. (1) of s. 8. [Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (13 of 1985), s. 2 (c)]In relation to a Tribunal, means the date with effect from which it is established, by notification, under s. 4. [Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985), s. 3 (c)]In relation to any provision of this Act, means the day on which that provision comes into force. [Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961), s. 2 (b)]Means the date on which the Corporation is established under s. 3. [Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), s. 2 (1)]Means the date on which these rules shall come into force. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, s. 2 (1) (c)]Means the day following i...
Business day
Business day, For the purposes of the (English) Bills of Exchange Act,1882, s. 92 provides that any day other than (a) Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, (b) a bank holiday, (c) a day appointed by royal proclamation as a public fast or thanksgiving, is a business day.Business day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in any part of Great Britain; Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 8(1), 4th Edn., Para 1294, p. 1009....
Day
Day [fr. dies, Lat.; tag, Germ.], in its largest sense the time of a whole apparent revolution of the sun round the earth, but , in its popular acceptation, that part of the twenty-four hours when it is light, or the space of time between the rising and the setting of the sun. by the Roman Calendar the day commenced at midnight; and most European nations reckon in the same manner.In the space of a day all the twenty-four hours are usually reckoned. Therefore, in general, if I am bound to pay money on any certain day, I discharge the obligation if I pay it before twelve o'clock at night; after which the following day commences.If anything is to be done within a certain time, of, from, or after the doing or occurrence of something else, the day on which the first act or occurrence takes place is to be excluded from the computation, Williams v. Burgess, (1840) 12 A&E 635. In certain legislative and justiciary acts, e.g., the proceedings of the House of Lords as recorded in the Journals of...
Days of grace
Days of grace. Time of indulgence granted to an acceptor for the payment of his bill of exchange. It was originally a gratuitous favour (hence the name), but custom has rendered it a legal right.The number of these days varies according to the ancient custom or express law prevailing in each particular country. In the (English) United Kingdom, by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. 14, 'where a bill' (i.e., a bill of exchange or promissory note) 'is not payable on demand, the day on which it falls due is determined as follows:-Three days, called days of grace, are, in every case where the bill itself does not otherwise provide, added to the time of payment as fixed by the bill, and the bill is due and payable on the last day of grace,' with a proviso that where the last day of grace falls on Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, or a public fast or thanksgiving day, the bill is payable on the preceding business day, or on the succeeding business day if the last d...
return day
return day : a day when a return is to be made: as a : a day on which the defendant in an action or proceeding is to appear in court (as for arraignment) b : a day on which the defendant in an action must file an answer c : a day on which a hearing on an action or proceeding (as a motion) is to be held d : a day on which proof of service must be returned e : a day fixed by law for the canvassing of election returns called also return date ...
Fraction of a day
Fraction of a day, the law does not recognize, except in cass of necessity and for the purposes of justice, see Clarke v. Bradlaugh, (1881) 8 QBD 63; when, therefore, a thing's to be done upon a certain day, all that day is allowed to do it in, Gelmini v. Moriggia, (1913) 2 KB 552. An Act of Parliament becomes law as soon as the day on which it is passed commences, Tomlinson v. Bulock, (1879) 4 QBD 230, unless the commencement be expressly postponed; and every minor comes of age on the day proceeding the twenty-first anniversary of his birthday, and may act as of full age the first moment of that day....
Year and a day
Year and a day, means in computing year and a day after an event, the day on which the event happens is counted as the first day, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary.Year and Day [annus et dies, Lat.], a time that deter-mines a right or works a prescription, etc., in many cases; see Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 254 b. A person wounded must die within a year and a day in order to make the offender guilty of murder: 3 Inst. 53; 6 Rep. 107; and see WRECK....
Commission day
Commission day, the opening day of the assize; so called because on that day the Royal Commission to the judges was formerly read in Court-a ceremony dispensed with by Rule 14 of the Circuits Order, 1884, Rule 13 of which Order provides for the postponement of Commission Day. Till that Order, Court business was never transacted on Commission Day, whereas now it very frequently is....
New Year's Day
New Year's Day, the 1st of January. The 25th of March was the civil and legal New Year's Day till the alteration of the style in 1752, when it was permanently fixed as the 1st January.In Scotland the year was, by a proclamation which bears date 27th November, 1599, ordered thenceforth to commence in that kingdom on the 1st January instead of the 25th March. By the (English) Bank Holidays Act, 1871 (34 Vict. c. 17), New Year's Day is made a bank holiday in Scotland, and bills, etc., becoming due on that day are payable on the following day. See HOLIDAY....
Quarter-days
Quarter-days, the days which begin the four quarters of the year, viz., the 25th of March, or Lady-day; the 24th of June, or Midsummer-day; the 29th of September, or Michaelmas-day; and the 25th of December, or Christmas-day. The half-quarter days are February 8, May 9, August 11, and November 11. The Scottish quarter days are February 2, May 15, August 1, and November 11. In Northern Ireland the quarter-days are the same as for England....
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