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Quarter Year

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the computation of time, a quarter year consists of ninety-one days. Co. Litt. 135b; 2 Ro Ue, Abr. 521, lib. 40; Rev. St. N. Y. pt. 1, c. 19, tit. 1, § 3.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ninety-one days.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In the computation of he may, in some states, enter a nolle prose time, a quarter-year consists of ninety-one qui, which has the same effect; 1 Dougl. 239, days. Co. Litt. 135b; 2 Iiolle, Abr. 521, 1. 40. 240. The application should be made before plea pleaded; Leach 11; 4 How. State Tr.