Fraction

A breaking or breaking up; a fragment or broken part; a portion of a thing, less than the whole. Jory v. Palace Dry Goods Co., 30 Or. 196, 46 Pac. 786.

— Fraction of a day. A portion of a day. The dividing a day. Generally, the law does not allow the fraction of a day. 2 Bl. Com 141.

A breaking, or breaking up; a fragment or broken part; a portion of a thing, less than the whole. Fraction of a day: the division or breaking up of a day into smaller portions of time. Fractlonem diei non recipit lex, I. The law does not regard the fraction of a day.

A breaking, or breaking up; a fragment or broken part; a portion of a thing, less than the whole.

See Day.

signifies, in arithmetic and algebra, a combination of numbers representing one or more parts of a unit or integer; thus fourfifths is a fraction, formed by dividing a unit into five equal parts, and taking one part four times. In law, the term fraction is usually applied to the division of aday. In general _ there are no fractions in days, Co. Litt. 225; 2 Salk. 625; but in some cases a fraction will be taken into the account in order to secure a party his rights. 3 Chit. Pr. 111; 8 Ves. 80; 4 Campb. 197; 2 B. & Ald. 586; Rob. Dig. of Engl. statutes in force in Pennsylvania 431, 2, and when it is required by a special law. Vide article Date.