Natural Year
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. That period of time in which the sun was supposed to revolve in its orbit, consisting of three hundred and sixty-five days and one-fourth of a day, or six hours. Bracton, fol. 359b. NATURALE EST QUIDLIBET DISSOLVI 60 modo quo ligatur. It is natural for a thing to be unbound in the same way in which it was bound. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 66; 4 Denio (N. Y.) 414, 417; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 785.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. That period of time in which the sun was supposed to revolve in its orbit, consisting of 365 days and one-fourth of a day, or six hours. Bract, fol. 3595.
Defined under Year in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English law. That period of time in which the sun was supposed to revolve in its orbit, consisting of 365 days and one-fourth of a day, or six hours. Braet. fol. 3598. Naturale est quidlibet dissolvi eo modo quo ligatur. Itis natural for a thing to be unbound in the same way in which it was bound. Jenk. Cent. 66; Broom, Max. 877.