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Michaelmas Sittings
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Sittings
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Kissing the book
of the Book itself, was emphatically condemned by the late Mr. Justice Byrne at the close of the Michaelmas sittings in 1901 (see Times for Dec. 23), who observed that there was no excuse whatever for a witness
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Winter circuit
originally an occasional circuit appointed for the trial of prisoners, and in some cases of civil causes, between Michaelmas and Hilary Sittings. See Winter Assize Act, 1876, and ASSIZE. But of late years the circuit held in
Terms
the periods during which the superior courts at Westminster were open. The legal year consists of four terms: Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, and Trinity (which see), the year beginning with Michaelmas Term. The commencement and duration of the … Court,' the High Court and Court of Appeal may sit at any time. see R.S.C. Ord. LXIII., and SITTINGS. Our university terms are different from the law terms; and the dining terms at the Inns of Court
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