Sunday

The first day of the week. 50 Am J1st Sun & H § 2. A holy day set apart as the Christian Sabbath, the observance of which as a day of rest is generally provided for by statute. The seventh day of the Jewish week. 50 Am J1st Sun & H § 2. A statutory declaration that a certain day shall be a legal holiday does not indicate an attempt to elevate its status to that of Sunday. 50 Am J1st Sun & H § 2. The observance of Sunday as a Sabbath or day of ceremonial rest was first enjoined by the Emperor Constantine as a civil regulation in conformity with the practice of the Christian church. Hence it is a maxim of the civil law, "Diebus dominicis mercari, judicari vel jurari non debet." On the Lord's Days it is not fitting to transact business, to decide cases nor to make an oath. Richardson v Goddard (US) 23 How 28, 16 L Ed 412, 417. When the word is used in a statute which does not in any of its provisions indicate that some other meaning is intended, Sunday is construed as meaning the entire day from midnight of Saturday until midnight of Sunday. 50 Am J1st Sun & H § 2.