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Easter sittings of the Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice commence on the Tuesday after Easter week, and terminate on the Friday before Whitsunday (R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII., r. 1), as amended, 1935.

A term of court beginning on April 15 of each year and usu. ending on May 8, but sometimes extended to May 13, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 529.