DAUGHTER. An immediate female de scendant.
The wife of one's son.
DAY. The space of time which elapses while the earth makes a complete revolution on its axis.
A portion of such space of time which, by usage or law, has come to be considered as the whole for some particular purpose.
The space of time which elapses between two successive midnights. 2 Blackstone, Comm. 141.
That portion of such space of time during which the sun is shining.
Generally, in legal signification, the term in cludes the time elapsing from one midnight to the succeeding one, 2 Blackstone, Comm. 141; but it is also used to denote those hours during which busi ness is ordinarily transacted (frequently called a business day), 5 Hill, N. Y. 437, as well as that portion of time during which the sun is above the horizon (called, sometimes, a solar day), and, in addition, that part of the morning or evening during which sufficient of his light is above for the features of a man to be reasonably discerned. Coke, 3d Inst. 63.
By custom, the word day may be under stood to include working-days only, 3 Esp.
121, and, in a similar manner only, a certain number of hours less than the number during which the work actually continued each day. 5 Hill, N. Y. 437.
A day is generally, but not always, re garded in law as a point of time; and frac tions will not be recognized. 15 Yes. Ch. 257 ; 2 Barncw. & Ald. 586. And see 9 East, 154; 4 Campb. 397 ; 11 Conn. 17.
It is said that there is no general rule in regard to including or excluding days in the computation of time from the day of a fact or act done, but that it depends upon the reason of the thing and the circumstances of the case. 5 East, 244 ; 9 Q. B. 141; 6 Mees. & W. Exch. 55 ; 15 Mass. 193; 19 Conn,. 376. And see, also, 5 Coke, 1 a; Dougl. 463 ; 3 Term, 623 ; 4 Nev. & M. 378; 5 Mete. Mass. 439 ; 9 Wend. N. Y. 346; 9 N II. 304; 5 III. 420; 24 Penn. St. 272. See.
generally, 2 Sharswood, Blackst. Comm. 141, a.; 1 Roper, Leg. 518; 15 Viner, Abr. 554.