Hilary term

English 2017 January 13 thumb|The Royal Courts of Justice in London, UK, the seat of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales Etymology en Hilary + en term. The name Hilary is from the en la Hilarius Latin name of Saint Hilary of Poitiers, la hilarius more cheerful, more joyful, from la hilarē cheerful, joyful, from la hilaris cheerful, light-hearted, lively, from en grc ἱλαρός cheerful, glad, happy, joyful, merry, from grc ἵλαος gracious, merciful, propitious; gentle, kind, mild. The feast day of Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 310 – c. 367), 13 January, occurs during this term. Pronunciation en /ˈhɪləɹi tɜːm/ RP en /ˈhɪləɹi tɝm/ GA en en-au-Hilary term.ogg AU en Hil a ry term Noun Hilary term en law The second term of the legal year, running from January to March or April, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases. en Michaelmas term Easter term Trinity term en William Brown Thomas Brooks, D.D. and Elizabeth His Wife, Late Elizabeth Adams, Widow and Executrix of James Adams, Esq.; Deceased, Plaintiffs; Frances Reynolds, Widow, Defendant Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery. [...] From Trinity Term, in the Eighteenth, to the Conclusion of the Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty King George the Third, both inclusive 2nd London Printed by A[ndrew] Strahan and W[illiam] Woodfall, law-printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty: for E. and R. Brooke, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar 1782 1790 I 183 https://books.google.com/books?id=iEdfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA174 642757269 In Hilary term, 1777, Howland and his co-truſtees, filed a bill againſt the preſent plaintiff Elizabeth, the teſtator's heir at law, and the perſons claiming under his will, for the directions and indemnity of the Court, in executing their truſt; en R. Levinge Swift Appendix. Lord Lyndhurst’s Orders of 3rd April, 1828, (Amended by Lord Brougham’s Orders, 23rd November, 1831.) The Orders of the High Court of Chancery, from Hilary Term 1828 to Trinity Term 1845, as at Present Applicable to the Practice: With the Cases Decided under each Order London Owen Richards, law bookseller and publisher, 194. Fleet-Street 1845 8–9 https://books.google.com/books?id=qXljAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA8 39819865 [Order] XIX. That whenever the time allowed for any of the following purposes, that is to say, for amending any bill, for filing, delivering, and referring exceptions to any answer, or for obtaining a Master's report upon any exceptions, would expire in the interval between the last seal after Trinity term and the first seal before Michaelmas term, or between the last seal after Michaelmas term and the first seal before Hilary term, such time shall extend to and include the day of the general seal then next ensuing. en Barry Cahill; Jim Phillips The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia: Origins to Confederation Philip Girard; Jim Phillips; Barry Cahill The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1754–2004: From Imperial Bastion to Provincial Oracle Toronto, Ont. Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press 2004 71 https://books.google.com/books?id=6LFOPGedtQ8C 978-0-8020-8021-9 Hilary Term was reinstated in 1796, with the injunction that jurors were not required to attend unless specially ordered. It seems likely, therefore, that the term was intended to be used for appeal cases only, although since criminal trials with juries were held in most Hilary Terms after 1798 this intention was not always carried out. en education The second academic term of the universities of University of Oxford Oxford and University of Dublin Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from January to March; equivalent to Lent term at the University of Cambridge. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates. en Michaelmas term Trinity term en University Terms, and How Many are Required to be Kept for each Degree The Oxford University Calendar, for the Year 1813 Oxford Printed by Munday and Slatter, for J. Parker; and F[rancis] C[harles] and J[ames] Rivington, London 1813 65 https://books.google.com/books?id=sbgUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA65 270591918 There are four terms in the year, viz. 2. Hilary term, which begins on the 14th day of January, and ends the day before Palm Sunday. Usage notes In England and Wales, the system of terms applies to the High Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court; in Ireland it applies to the High Court and the Supreme Court. At present, Hilary term begins on 11 January unless this date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, in which case it begins on the following Monday. In England and Wales it ends on the Wednesday before Easter Sunday,Practice Direction 39B – Court Sittings http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part39/pd_part39b https://web.archive.org/web/20160327215507/http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part39/pd_part39b 27 March 2016 Ministry of Justice 16 May 2014 paragraphs 1.1(1)(b) and 1.1(1A)(a). while in Ireland it ends on the Friday of the week preceding the Easter vacation.Rules of the Superior Courts http://courts.ie/rules.nsf/lookuppagelink/A99E08AC75FA7DB180256D2B0046B3F4?opendocument&l=en https://web.archive.org/web/20160401064841/http://courts.ie/rules.nsf/lookuppagelink/A99E08AC75FA7DB180256D2B0046B3F4?opendocument&l=en 1 April 2016 Courts Service Ireland 9 November 2016 Order 118(1). References Further reading Term Date Calculator http://www.newsquarechambers.co.uk/calculators/termdatecalculator.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070814035753/http://www.newsquarechambers.co.uk/calculators/termdatecalculator.htm 14 August 2007 New Square Chambers 2016. en eponyms en Calendar