Triennial Act
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An act of parliament of 1641, which provided that if in every third year parliament was not summoned and assembled before September 3, it should assemble on the second Monday of the next November. Also an act of 1694, which provided that a parliament be called within three years after dissolution, and that the. utmost limit of a parliament be three years. This was followed by the Septennial Act of 1716. TRIGAMUS/ In Old English Law. One who has been thrice married; one who, at different times and successively, has had three wives.