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Hour

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

(Lat. Aora). The twenty-fourth part of a day, consisting of sixty minutes.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The twenty -fourth part of a natural day; the space of sixty minutes of time. Co. Litt. 135.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The twenty-fourth part of a natural day; sixty minutes of time.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The twenty-fourth part of a day.

In Scots law. Hour of cause: the hour

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Business; Day; Service, 1; Time.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

measure of time, is the space of sixty minutes, or the twenty-fourth part of a natural day. Vide Date, Fraction, and Co. Litt. 135.