Calends
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. calendae.] The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; so termed from the custom of a priest calling out, or proclaiming to the people on that day, the month with the festivals occurring in it, and the time of the new moon.
Adam's Rom. Ant. 355. Encyclop. Americ. 2 Inst. 676. Cowell.