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Calendar [fr. Calendarium, Lat.; fr. Calend', the first day in the month in Roman reckoning], the order and series of months, together with the festivals and fasts, which make up the year. There are two modes of computing time-by the annual course of the sun, and by the periodical revolutions of the moon. The solar year consists of 365 days, 5 hours, 48', 45', 30'; the lunar year of 354 days, 3 hours, 48', 38', 12'. The Mohammedans adopt the lunar year. The solar year, calculated by the ancient Egyptians, has undergone various corrections and denominations.The chief of the calendars now in use are the three following: (1) The Julian, so called because Julius C'sar introduced into the Roman Empire the solar or Egyptian year, instead of the lunar year. The Russians and Greeks are the only nations that now use the Julian year. The common Julian year consists of 365 days, and the bissextile or leap-year (see that title), which returns every four years, of 366 days. This computation is faul...
Roman calendar
The calendar of the ancient Romans from which our modern calendars are derived It is said to have consisted originally of ten months Martius Aprilis Maius Junius Quintilis Sextilis September October November and December having a total of 304 days Numa added two months Januarius at the beginning of the year and Februarius at the end making in all 355 days He also ordered an intercalary month Mercedinus to be inserted every second year Later the order of the months was changed so that January should come before February Through abuse of power by the pontiffs to whose care it was committed this calendar fell into confusion It was replaced by the Julian calendar In designating the days of the month the Romans reckoned backward from three fixed points the calends the nones and the ides The calends were always the first day of the month The ides fell on the 15th in March May July Quintilis and October and on the 13th in other months The nones came on the eighth day the ninth counting the id...
calendar
calendar 1 : a list of cases ready to be heard on a procedural action [the motion ] ;specif : a list of cases ready for trial called also list compare docket NOTE: Generally it is up to the party that wants to go to trial to have a case placed on the calendar. The party must file with the court a notice that the case is ready for trial and that a jury trial, if desired, is demanded. 2 : a list of bills or other items reported out of committee for consideration by a legislative assembly vt : to place (a case) on a calendar [the Appellate Division, Second Department, is now ing civil appeals "New York Law Journal"] compare docket ...
Calendar of prisoners
Calendar of prisoners, a list of all the prisoners' names in custody in any prison for trial at assizes or sessions, to be delivered by the gaoler of the prison to the judges of assize and justices in quarter sessions, by virtue of s. 62 of the (English) Prison Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 126). The judge's copy shows previous convictions. It is usual for the judge, but not obligatory upon him, to sign the calendar at the conclusion of the business....
calendar call
calendar call : a session of the court which is held to inquire into the status of cases and in which the cases are called by name and are scheduled for trial if the parties indicate readiness called also call of the list ...
Greek calendar
Any of various calendars used by the ancient Greek states...
Hebrew calendar
same as Jewish calendar...
Hindoo calendar
A lunisolar calendar of India according to which the year is divided into twelve months with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur once in three years...
Jewish calendar
A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples reckoning from the year 3761 b c the date traditionally given for the Creation...
Mohammedan calendar
A lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira hejira 622 a d Thirty of its years constitute a cycle of which the 2d 5th 7th 10th 13th 16th 18th 21st 24th 26th and 29th are leap years having 355 days the others are common having 354 days...
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