See Vol. I. p. 491.

DAYS of grace, are those granted by the court at the prayer of the defendant, or plaintiff, in whose delay it is.

DAYS of grace, in commerce, are a customary number of days allowed for the payment of a bill of exchange, &c. after the same becomes due.

Three days of grace are allowed in Britain; ten in France and Dantzig; eight at Naples; six at Venice, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Antwerp; four at Frankfort; five at Leipzig; twelve at Hamburg; six in Portugal; fourteen in Spain; thirty in Genoa, &c.