Year and a day
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Year and a day can refer to:
Note: a lunar year (13 lunar months of 28 days) plus a day is a solar year (365 days). Also that 366 days would be a full year even if a leap day was included.
- the Year and a day ruleYear and a day ruleThe year and a day rule has been a common traditional length of time for establishing differences in legal status. The phrase "year and a day rule" is most commonly associated with the former common law standard that death could not be legally attributed to acts or omissions that occurred more...
, a period tied into various legal principles in a number of jurisdictions - A Year and a Day (1998 novel), by Virginia HenleyVirginia HenleyVirginia Henley, née Virginia Syddall , is a British successful writer of historical-romance novels. She is well-known for her Medieval, Renaissance and other period piece romance novels.- Biography :...
- A Year and a Day (2004 novel), by Leslie PietrzykLeslie PietrzykLeslie Pietrzyk is an American author who has published two novels, Pears on a Willow Tree and A Year and a Day. Her short fiction has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, New England Review, The Sun, TriQuarterly, and Shenandoah.She holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from...
- A Year and a Day (2006 novel), by Sara M. HarveySara M. HarveySara M. Harvey is an American costume designer, and an author of fiction and nonfiction, most notably having written multiple articles for the Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History...
- A poem by Elizabeth Siddall
- A song by the Beastie BoysBeastie BoysBeastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
- A Year and a Day (film), a 2005 movie
- A period used in handfastingHandfastingHandfasting is a traditional European ceremony of betrothal or wedding. It usually involved the tying or binding of the right hands of the bride and groom with a cord or ribbon for the duration of the wedding ceremony.-Etymology:...
s - though more from the works of Sir Walter Scott than history - The time The Owl and the PussycatThe Owl and the Pussycat"The Owl and the Pussycat" is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871.- Background :Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl, Janet Symonds, the daughter of Lear's friend poet John Addington Symonds and his wife Catherine Symonds...
sailed for in Edward Lear's poem of that name. - Long term assets are considered to be those held for a year and a day.
- PagansPaganismPaganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
and secret societiesSecret societyA secret society is a club or organization whose activities and inner functioning are concealed from non-members. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence. The term usually excludes covert groups, such as intelligence agencies or guerrilla insurgencies, which hide their...
often use a year and a day as a minimum period of initiation or between degrees of membership.
Note: a lunar year (13 lunar months of 28 days) plus a day is a solar year (365 days). Also that 366 days would be a full year even if a leap day was included.