Sabbath
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
or SABBATH-DAY.. Is sometimes used as a designation of the first day of the week, considered as a religious holiday; a day consecrated to rest, and such religious observances as individuals voluntarily^associate with it.
Sabbath-breaking.
One designation of the offence of violating laws to protect the repose and quiet of the sabbath, otherwise known as Sunday laws. The term sabbath-breaking, in Md. code, art. 57, § 11, does not apply to selling beer on Sunday.
State v. Popp, 45 Md. 432.
Sabbath night
As used in a prohibitory liquor law, includes as well the time between midnight on Saturday and daylight on Sunday, as the time between after dark on Sunday and midnight on Sunday night.
Kroer v. People, 78 111. 294.