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Business Hours

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest ih the evening, except when the paper is payable at a bank, or by a banker. 2 Hill (N. Y.) 835. See 15 Me. 67; 17 Me. 230.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

That portion of the day in which business is ordinarily transacted. See 18 Minn. 133. .

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Those hours of the day during which, in a given community, commercial, banking, professional, public or other kinds of business are ordinarily carried on. This phrase is declared to mean not the time during which a principal requires an employee's services, but the business hours of the community generally. Derosia v. Railroad Co., 18 Minn. 133, (Gil. 119.)

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Those hours of the day during which, in a given community, commercial, banking, professional, public, or other kinds of business are ordinarily carried on. This phrase is declared to mean not the time during which a principal requires an employee's services, but the business hours of the community generally. 18 Minn. 183, (Gil. 119.)