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Natural Day

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

That space of time Included between the rising and the setting of the sun. See "Day."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The day between sunrise and sunset.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

That space of time included between the rising and the setting of the sun. See Day.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Properly the period of twenty-four hours from midnight to midnight. Co. Litt. 135; Fox v. Abel, 2 Conn. 541; People v. Hatch, 33 111. 137. Though sometimes taken to mean the "day-time" or time between sunrise and sunset In re Ten Hour Law, 24 R. I. 608, 54 Atl. 602, 61 L. R. A. 612.

Defined under Day in Black's Law Dictionary.