Week

This word, both in law and in common conversation or writing, has two separate and distinct meanings. Sometimes it means a period of time commencing on Sunday morning and ending Saturday night at midnight; at other times, a period of time of seven days' duration, without any reference to when that time commences. " Once a week " means once between each Sunday and Saturday night, and the particular time of the week is not important. State V. Yellow Jacket, &c.

Mining Co., 5 Nev. 415, 430.

A week is a definite period of time, commencing on Sunday and ending on Saturday; and under a rule requiring service to be made, by publication, "not less than once a week for six weeks," the notice need not be published on the same day in each week, but may be on any day in each week during the six weeks. Seven days' interval between the publications is not essential. Steinle r.

Bell, 12 Abb. Pr. n. s. 171.

In conformity with a special act of congress authorizing the sale of certain property, public notice of the sale was published in a newspaper for three months; but in the course of that period eleven days at one time, at another ten, and at another eight days transpired between successive advertisements, which were directed to appear " once a week." Held, that the statute did fore, that the notice was suf Scient. A week is a definite period of time, commencing on Sunday and ending on Saturday.

Bonkendorff V. Taylor, 4 Pet. 349.