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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.