year and a day rule

year and a day rule definition - legal

n

The rule of common law that in order for homicide to have been committed, the victimÂ’s death must occur within a year and a day after the act that allegedly caused it.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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