SUNDAY. The first day of the week.
2. In some of the New England states it begins at sunsetting on Saturday and ends at the same time the next day. But in other parts of the United States it generally com mences at twelve o'clock on the night be tween Saturday and Sunday, and ends in twenty-four hours thereafter. 6 Gill & J. Md. 268. And see Bacon, Abr. Heresy, etc. (D), Sheriff (N 4); 1 Salk. 78; 1 Sellon, Pract. 12. The Sabbath, the Lord's day, and Sunday, all mean the same thing. 6 Gill & J. Md. 268. See 3 Watts, Penn. 56, 59; 6 id. 231.
3. In some states, owing to statutory pro visions, contracts made on Sunday are void, 6 Watts, Penn. 231; Leigh, Nisi P. 14 ; 5 Barnew. & C. 406 ; 4 Bingh. 84; but in gene ral they are binding although made on that day, if good in other respects. 1 Crompt. & J. Exch. 130; 3 Law In. 210; Chitty, Bills, 59; Wright, Ohio, 764; 10 Mass. 312; 1 Cow. N. Y. 76, n.;'Cowp. 640; 1 W. Blackst.
499; 1 Strange, 702. See 8 Cow. N. Y. 27; 6
Penn. St. 417, 420.
No one is bound to do work in performance of his contract on Sunday, unless the work by its very nature or by express agreement is to be done on that day and can be then done without a breach of law. 2 Conn. 69; 18 id. 181 ; 6 Johns. N.Y. 326 ; 10 Ohio, 426; Blackf. Ind. 479. See 6 Gill & J. Md. 268; 10 Ad. & E. 57.
4. Sundays are computed in the time al lowed for the performance of an act ; but if the last day happen to be a Sunday it is to be excluded, and the act unust, in general, be performed on Saturday. 3 Penn. 201; 3 Chitty, Pract. 110. See 21 Bost. Law Rep. 36. Promissory notes and bills of exchange, when they fall due on Sunday, are generally paid Du Saturday. See, as to tbe origin of keep ing Sunday as a holiday, Neale, F. & F. In dex, Lord's Day ; Story, Pr. Notes, 220; Story, Bills, 233; Parsons, Notes & Bills.