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Hora Aurorae

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In old English law. The morning bell. Cowell. HORA NON EST MULTUM DE SUBstantla negotll, licet In appello de ea allquando flat mentlo. The hour is not of much consequence as to the substance of business, although in appeal it is sometimes mentioned. 1 Bulst. 82. HORAE JUDICIAE (Lat.) Hours judicial, or those in which judges sit in court. In Portesque's time, these were from 8 to 11 a. m., and the courts of law were not open in the afternoon. Co. Litt. 135a; 2 Inst. 246; Fortesque, 51, p. 120, note.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegium or cover feu (curfew) was the evening bell.

Defined under Hora in Black's Law Dictionary.