“Working days in England are not the same as working days in foreign ports, because working days in England, by the custom and habits of the English, if not by their law, do not include Sundays.”

—  William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher

Nielsen v. Wait (1885), L. R. 16 Q. B. 71.

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