Fraction
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
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.