"Night" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

As to what, by the common law, is reckoned night and what day, it seems to be the general oplnlon that, if there be daylight, or crepusculum, enough begun or left to discern a man’s face, that ls con-sidered day; and night ls when lt is so dark that the countenance of a man cannot be dis-cerned. 1 Hale, P. C. 350. However, the limlj: of 9 p. it. to 6 a. u. has been fixed by statute, ln England, as the period of night, in prosecutions for burglary and larceny. St 24 & 25 Vlct. c. 96, $ 1; Brown. In Amer-ican law, the common-law definition is still adhered to in some states, but ln others “night” has been defined by statute as tbe period between sunset and sunrise

That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between
dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight,
starlight, or artificial light.

Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.

A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to
sleep.

A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of
sorrow.

The period after the close of life; death.

Darkness; obscurity; concealment.