English Dictionary

Trinity term

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɹɪnɪti tɜːm/

名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

[法律] イングランド、ウェールズ、アイルランドにおける法廷年度の第四および最後の期間で、通常、5月から7月にかけて上級裁判所が判例を審理する学期を指す。

Many barristers prepare their arguments months in advance because Trinity term, when the appellate courts sit from May to July, is the busiest period of the legal year.

多くの弁護士は、上級裁判所が5月から7月に開廷する法年度の第4かつ最終期が年間で最も忙しい時期であるため、何か月も前から主張を準備する。

意味（1）

(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.

[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.

意味（2）

(education) The third and final academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from April to June; equivalent to Easter term at the University of Cambridge. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.

There are four terms in the year, viz. […] 4. Trinity term, which begins on Wednesday after Whitsunday, and ends on the Saturday after the Act, which is always on the first Tuesday in July.

Trinity terms （ plural ）