Computation

[Lat. computatic] The account and construction of time by rule of law, as distinguished from any arbitrary construction of parties; as of how many days a month shall consist; on what day a lease shall be said to commence and end; what days shall be included or not in the times of notices, rules of court, &c.; that fractions of a day shall not be reckoned, and the like.* Cowell.

Termes de la ley, 2 Chitt. Bl Com, 140, note. 4 Kent's Com, 95, note b.

See Time,