The 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 associated with the former common law standard that death could not be legally attributed to acts or omissions that occurred more than a year and a day before the death.
It is elsewhere associated with the minimum sentence for a crime to count as a felony.
Read more about Year And A Day Rule: The Rule and Homicide, As A Sentence For Felons, Other Legal and Quasi-legal Uses of Year and A Day
Famous quotes containing the words year, day and/or rule:
“Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
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—Penelope Leach (20th century)
“When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.”
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