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Lord's Day

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Sunday. Co. Litt. 135.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Sunday.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Sunday. Co. Litt. 135. It is the legal name of Sunday. 3 Toml. L Diet. See Maxims, Dies Dominicus.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A name sometimes given to Sunday. Co. Litt. 135.

Defined under Lord in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

<A name sometimes given to Sunday. Co. Lilt. 155.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A designation of the first day of the week in its aspect of a day of rest and religious observance, selected with a view to avoid the secular tone and heathen origin of " Sunday," on the one hand, and any adoption of Jewish observance which might be implied from " Sabbath," on the other; and to denote the distinctively Christian origin of the selection. It is more accurate in its implications, and better corresponds with the legal character and sanctions of the day, than either " Sunday" or "Sabbath," but is less convenient, because it cannot well be compounded; it cannot be employed in such expressions as Sunday contracts, Sabbath breaking.