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legal year

legal year noun: in English law and some other common-law jurisdictions, the annual period (traditionally divided into terms) during which the judges sit in court.

Noun

legal year (plural legal years)

  1. In English law and some other common-law jurisdictions, the annual period (traditionally divided into terms) during which the judges sit in court.

Forms of legal year

plurallegal years

Questions about legal year

What does legal year mean?
Legal year means in English law and some other common-law jurisdictions, the annual period (traditionally divided into terms) during which the judges sit in court.
What part of speech is legal year?
Legal year is a noun.
What is the plural of legal year?
The plural of legal year is legal years.

Words near legal year in the dictionary

  1. legal vacuum
  2. legal vacuums
  3. legal void
  4. legal voids
  5. legal wall
  6. legal year
  7. legal years
  8. legal-ese
  9. legal-size
  10. legalese
  11. legalisation

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