keep term

Verb

keep term (third-person singular simple present keeps term, present participle keeping term, simple past and past participle kept term)

1. (UK, dated, universities) To reside during a term.
2. (dated, universities) To follow the course by attending the necessary lessons.
3. (UK, dated) To eat a sufficient number of dinners in hall, at the Inns of Court, to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar.