Triennial Act
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An act limiting the duration of every parliament to three years, unless sooner dissolved. It was passed by the long parliament in 1640, and afterwards repealed, and the term was fixed at seven years by the septennial act (St. 1 Geo. I. st. 2, c. 38). TRIENS (Lat.)
In the Roman law. A subdivision of the as, containing four unciae; the proportion of four-twelfths or one-third. Tayl. Civ. Law, 492; 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note (m).
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An act of parliament of 1641, which provided that if in every third year parliament was not summoned and assembled before September 3, it should assemble on the second Monday of the next November. Also an act of 1694, which provided that a parliament be called within three years after dissolution, and that the. utmost limit of a parliament be three years. This was followed by the Septennial Act of 1716. TRIGAMUS/ In Old English Law. One who has been thrice married; one who, at different times and successively, has had three wives.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910