Annus

Lat.

In civil and old English law. A year; the period of three hundred and sixty-five days. Dig. 40, 7, 4, 5; Calvin.; Bract, fol. 359b.

— Annus deliberandi. In Scotch law. A year of deliberating; a year to deliberate. The year allowed by law to the heir to deliberate whether he will enter and represent his ancestor. It commences on the death of the ancestor, uniess in the case of a posthumous heir, when the year runs from his birth. Bell.

— Annus, dies, et vastum. In old English law. Year, day, and waste. See Year, Day, and Waste.

— Annus et dies. A year and a day.

— Annus luctus. The year of mourning. It was a rule among the Romans, and also the Danes and Saxons, that widows should not marry infra annum luctds, (within the year of mourning.) Code 5, 9, 2; 1 Bl. Comm. 457.

— Annus utilis. A year made up of available or serviceable days. Brissonius; Calvin. In the plural, anm utiles signifies the years during which a right can be exercised or a prescription grow.

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In old English law. A year; a period of three hundred and sixty-five days. Annus et dies: a year and a day. Annus, dies et In Scots law. Annus deliberandi: a year of deliberating; a year allowed to the heir to decide whether he will accept the inheritance.

In the civil law. A year; a period of three hundred and sixty-flve days. Annus est mora motus quo suum planeta pervolat circulum: a year is a period of motion in which a planet revolves through its circle or orbit Annas luctus: a year of mourning; the year following the husband's death during which the widow could not marry. Annus utilis: an available year; a year during which a right could be exercised.

Lat. In civil and old English Jaw. <A year; the period of three hundred and sixty-livedays. Dig. 40, 7, 4,5; Calvin.; Bract. fol. 3590.

A year. Anni nubiles. Marriageable years. Infra annos nubiles. Within marriageable years — at common law the age of twelve in girls." Anno Domini. In the year of our Lord. Abbreviated A. D. See Abbreviations; Year. Annus luctus. The year of mourning. Infra annum luctus. Within the year of mourning — sometimes called the "widow's year." Roman and early Saxon law ordained that a widow should not remarry within a year after her husband's death: an inhibition which seems to have had reference to ascertaining the paternity of children.^ Supposed to be the origin also of a custom of wearing mourning dress. Annus utilis. A serviceable year. Anni utiles. The years during which a right may be asserted; as, the period during which one is not prevented by disability from availing himself of a statute of limitations.

I. A year. Annus deliberandi: the year of deliberation, allowed in Scotch law to the heir to decide whether he will accept the inheritance. Annus et dies: a year and a day. Annus, dies et vastum: year, day, and waste. Annus inceptus pro complete habetur: a year begun is held as completed. Annus luctus: the year of mourning, following the husband's death, and during which, in the Roman law, the widow could not marry. Annus utilis: an available year, one during which a right could be exercised or a prescription grow.

Lat. A year. Bract, fol. 359 b. Armua est mora mot(is quo suum planeta pervolvat circulum; a year is a period of motion in which a planet revolves through its circle or orbit. Id. ibid. The first edition of Bracton has summum instead of 9uum, which it gives as another reading. The same author di\ides the year into various kinds, as major, minor, Solaris, lunaris, artificialis, naturalis, and wtualis, (qq. V.) See Year.