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Dies festi, nefasti, et intercisi
Dies festi, nefasti, et intercisi (businessdays, holidays, and half-holidays). For the purpose of the administration of justice all days were divided by the Romans into fasti and nefasti. Dies fasti were the days on which the...
Maigre
Belonging to a fast day or fast as a maigre day
Bairam
Either of two Mohammedan festivals of which one the Lesser Bairam is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan and the other the Greater Bairam seventy days after the fast
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Embring days or ember days
Embring days or ember days [fr. embers; cineres, Lat., because our ancestors, when they fasted, sat in ashes, or strewed them on their heads], those days which the ancient fathers called quatuor tempora jejunii are of...
Distress
Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as...
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...
Caput jejunii
Caput jejunii, the beginning of the Lent Fast, i.e., Ash Wednesday.
Calendar
Calendar [fr. Calendarium, Lat.; fr. Calend', the first day in the month in Roman reckoning], the order and series of months, together with the festivals and fasts, which make up the year. There are two modes...
Believe and hope
Believe and hope, 'to hope' means 'to want and expect'; to look forward with expectation and desire.' 'Hope' is a wishful feeling floating on nebulous foams projected into the unknown future, the term 'believe', in the...
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...
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