Fast-Day
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A day of penitential observance and religious abstinence. As to counting it in legal proceedings, see 1 Chit Archb. Pr., 12th ed. 160; Houdat. 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 186, 6 Am. Dec. 213; Lewis V. Smith, 9 N. Y. 502, 61 Am. Dec. 706. PASTE R M AN NE8. Securities. Bondsmen. Spelman, Gloss. Men /ast. bound as sureties of the peace for each other under the Saxon law. Encyc. Lond.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A day of fasting and penitence or of mortification by religious abstinence. See 1 Chit. Archb. Pr. (12th Ed.) 160, et seq.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
<A day of fasting and penitence, or of mortification by religious abstinence, See 1 Chit. Archb. Pr. (12th Ed.) 160, et seq.