The interval of not less than 14 days required by 1862 Act s 51 (repealed), to elapse between the holding of an extraordinary general meeting passing a special resolution and the general meeting confirming such resolution had to be reckoned exclusively of the days of the holding of the two meetings.

1. The general rule of law in the computation of time is that fractions of a day are not reckoned (Chitty J).

2. The word ‘at' means after the interval, or at some time after the interval, [Companies Act 1862 (c 89) s 51 [repealed]]. The word ‘at' refers grammatically rather to a point of time than a period (Chitty J).

3. ‘An interval of not less than fourteen days' is equivalent to saying that fourteen days must intervene or elapse between the two dates (Chitty J).