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Family members at the bedside of a sick or dying relative often keep vigil around the clock together with medical and nursing personnel.

Family members at the bedside of a sick or dying relative often keep vigil around the clock together with medical and nursing personnel.

Combat personnel and civilians facing the certain and immanent approach of deadly danger to come on them in the morning, and prisoners scheduled for execution, involuntarily keep vigil in fearful anticipation of death.

Combat personnel and civilians facing the certain and immanent approach of deadly danger to come on them in the morning, and prisoners scheduled for execution, involuntarily keep vigil in fearful anticipation of death.  

In military and nautical terms a regular vigil is called a '''watch''', as for example a ''night-watch'' on a [[Sentinel|sentry]]-posting for security against intrusion or attack. Hospital, police and security personnel frequently refer to the regular posting or assignment to the night shift as the "graveyard shift", normally eight hours of duty.

In military and nautical terms a regular vigil is called a '''watch''', as for example a ''night-watch'' on a [[Sentinel|sentry]]-posting for security against intrusion or attack. [[Prison]]s assign [[suicide]] watch to prevent condemned prisoners from attempting suicide to escape execution or life-sentences without parole. Hospital, police and security personnel frequently refer to the regular posting or assignment to the night shift as the "graveyard shift", normally eight hours of duty.

In ancient times there were four night watches of ''vigilance'':  

In ancient times there were four night watches of ''vigilance'':