Michaelmas
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The feast of the Archangel Michael, celebrated in England on the 29th of September, and one of the usual quarter days.
— Michaelmas head conrt. A meeting of the heritors of Scotland, at which the roll of freeholders used to be revised. See Bell.
— Michaelmas term. One of the four terms of the English courts of common law, beginning on the 2d day of November and ending on the 25th. 3 Steph. Comm. 562.