BUSINESS HOURS.
The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to
the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours
generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the
evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a banker. 2
Hill, N. Y. R. 835. See 3 Shepl. 67; 5 Shepl. 230.
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