(US, education) January term: a period in January where students and faculty can take part in learning and other activities outside of the formal academic terms.

A word that becomes difficult to use because it is transitioning from one meaning to another. Purists may insist on the old usage, while descriptivists are more open to newer usages.

(law) The third term of the legal year, running from April to May, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.

(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.

(law) The first term of the legal year, running from October to December, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.

plural of term logic

A collective noun used to denote specific groupings of individual animal species.

(sociology) A word or phrase that is used for othering; a term that serves to identify someone or something as other than the speaker.

(insurance) Life insurance that pays out a lump sum benefit on the death of the life assured within the term of the policy, and nothing on survival to the end of the term.

(logic) The term of a syllogism that appears in both the major premise and the minor premise, but not in the conclusion.