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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 279 U.S. 655 - Okanogan Methow San Poelis Nespelem Colville and Lake Indian Tribes or Bands of State of Washington v. United States · 1929Most cited · 299 citing opinions
constitutional, presentment clause
The word 'days,' when not qualified, means in ordinary and common usage calendar days.
How often courts cite the case defining “days”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “days” — 299 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.