Half-Year
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In the computation of time, a half-year is not the same as six months, but "'Half a year' containeth one hundred and eighty-two dayes; for the odde houres, in legall computation are rejected." Co. Litt. 135b; Rev. St. N. Y. pt. 1, c. 19, tit. 1, § 3. But in Woodf. (348), a half-year is stated to be 183 days. "It is clear from a series of cases running back as far as the time of Henry VIII., that 'half a year's notice' means notice for half a year, and not for six months." 15 Q. B. D. 405.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In the computation of time half year consists of one hundred and eighty-two days. Cro. Jac. 166; Co. Litt 135 6.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In legal computation. The period of one hundred and eighty-two days; the odd hours being rejected. Co. Litt. 135b; Cro. Jac. 166; Yel. 100; 1 Steph. Comm. 265; Pol. Code Cal. 1903, § 3257.
Defined under Half in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In legal cumputation, The period of one hundred and eighty-two days; the odd hours being rejected. Co. Litt, 1856; Cro. Jae. 166; Yel. 100; 1 Steph. Comm. 265.