(law) The third term of the legal year, running from April to May, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.

(law) The fourth and final term of the legal year, running from May to July, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.

(law) The first term of the legal year, running from October to December, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.

To insist upon certain conditions.

(insurance) Term assurance with a sum assured that increases over the term of the contract.

(insurance) Term assurance with a sum assured that decreases over the term of the contract.

(insurance) Term assurance with a sum assured that remains level over the term of the contract.

Alternative form of midterm break

A contract which is valid only for a pre-arranged length of time.

(neuroscience) A long-lasting (hours in vitro, weeks to months in vivo) increase, typically in amplitude, of the response of a postsynaptic neuron to a particular pattern of stimuli from a presynaptic neuron.