See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

MONTH (a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word, cf. Ger. See also:

• MOND, LUDWIG (1839-1909)

Mond, Du. maand, See also:

• DAN

Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with See also:

• LAT

Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic See also:

• FAMILY

family; all ultimately from the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root seen in the word for the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon in nearly all those See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages  ), originally the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period between two returns of the new See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon; generally called a lunar and sometimes a synodic or illuminative See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month . The anomalistic month is the mean See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time taken by the moon in passing from one See also:

• PERIGEE (Gr. zrepi, near, 'A', the earth)

perigee to the next; the sidereal month is the mean time in which the moon makes a See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit among the stars; the tropical month is the mean time in which the moon traverses 36o° of See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

longitude; the nodical or draconic month is the mean time taken by the moon in passing from one rising See also:

• NODE (Lat. nodus, a loop)

node to the next; the See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar month is one-twelfth of a tropical See also:

• YEAR

year . The lengths of the various months are: synodic = 29.53059 days; anomalistic = 27.55460, sidereal= 27.32166, tropical = 27.32156, nodical = 27.21222, solar= 30.43685 . (For the See also:

• CALENDAR

calendar months see CALENDAR.) In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law a month may mean either a lunar month, that is, a period of twenty-eight days, or a calendar month . At See also:

• COMMON

common law, " month " generally means a lunar month, although in See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile matters it has been generally understood to mean a calendar month, but there is no See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general exception giving it that meaning in commercial documents . It can only have that meaning where according to the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary rules of construction a secondary meaning can be admitted (Bruner v . See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore, 1904, I Ch . 305) . In bills of See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange or promissory notes month means a calendar month (Bills of Exchange See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act, 1882, s . 14 [4]) . Where a servant is engaged subject to a month's See also:

• NOTICE

notice or See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of a month's See also:

• WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

wages month is interpreted as a calendar month (See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon v . See also:

• POTTER, ALONZO (1800-1865)
• POTTER, HENRY CODMAN (1835–1908)
• POTTER, J
• POTTER, JOHN (c. 1674-1747)
• POTTER, PAUL (1625—1654)
• POTTER, PHILIP CIPRIANI HAMBLEY (1792—1871)

Potter, 1 F .

& F . 644) . In acts of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament passed before the year 185o month, unless other-See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise specially interpreted, means lunar month, but in all acts passed since that date, month, unless words be added showing that lunar month was intended, means calendar month (See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

Interpretation Act 1889, s . 3) . In the rules of the supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county court rules month means a calendar month . In mercantile contracts in computing the period of a month the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day from which the time is to begin to run is excluded, but in sentences of imprisonment the day on which the See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence begins is included, so that the numerically corresponding day in the month in which the sentence expires would be excluded .