Crepusculum

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Daylight; twilight. The light which immediately precedes or follows the rising or setting of the sun. 4 Bl. Comm. 224. Housebreaking during the period in which there is sunlight enough to discern a person's face (crepiisculum) is not burglary. Coke, 3d Inst. 63; 1 Russ. Crimes, 820; 3 Greenl. Ev. § 75. CRESCENTE MALITIA CRESCERE DEbet et poena. Vice increasing, punishment ought also to increase. Coke, 2d Inst. 479.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Twilight.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Daylight; twilight. The light which immediately precedes or follows the rising or setting of the sun. 4 Bla. Com. 224. Housebreaking during the period in which there is sunlight enough to discern a person's face (crepuscidum) is not burglary; Co. 3d Inst. 63; 1 Russell, Cr. 820; 3 Greenl. Ev. § 75. CRETI0. Time for deliberation allowed an heir (usually 100 days), to decide whether he would or would not take an inheritance. Calvinus, Lex.; Taylor, Gloss.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Twilight In the law of burglary, this term means the presence of sufficient light to discern the face of a man; such llght as exists immediately before the rising of the sun or directly after its setting.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English law. The light which continues after the setting, or precedes the rising, of the sun; twilight.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Twilight. In the law of burglary, this term means the presence of sufficient Tight to discern the face of a man; such light as exists immediately before the rising of the sun or directly after its setting. Crescente maliti# crescere debet et poona. 2 Inst. 479. Vice increasing, punishment ouglit also to increase.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. Twilight.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. Daylight or twilight; the light which continues after the setting, or precedes the rising of the sun.* 4 Bl Com. 224. 4 SUph. C<m. 147.