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noun
The fourth and final term of the legal year in England and Wales, and in Ireland, running from June to July, during which the upper courts sit to hear cases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: education
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History
From trinity + term (noun). In the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, the term begins in the week following the Christian feast day of Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost or Whitsunday, which falls at the end of May or in early June.
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