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Michaelmas

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The feastofthe Archangel Michael, celebrated in England on the 29th of September, and one of the usual quarter days.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Term, 4.