civil calendar

n. the list of lawsuits (cases) that are approaching trial in any court. Attorneys and/or parties whose cases are coming to the top of the list receive notice of the "calling" of the civil calendar on a particular day for setting a trial date. Unfortunately, some courts are so clogged with pending lawsuits that one case may be called on several civil calendars, possibly months apart, before being finally sent to trial. (See: calendar)

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Licht to be in charge of the Civil Calendar and Out-County Business Calendar in Courtroom D in Kent County and to assist on the Criminal Calendar as needed;

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"If you had motions for summary judgment, it would take a day, and if the case was going to go to trial, it was three to four weeks, and what that does to a regular civil calendar is just wreak havoc," Freeman said.

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They're simply an idiosyncrasy of our imperfect civil calendar.

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A well-structured government should logically, correspondingly run its calendar alongside year's budget from inauguration date and not necessarily adopting a civil calendar except if fittingly inaugurated in January.

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For that reason, the Islamic calendar cannot be used for agriculture or other activities traditionally linked to the seasons, and most Muslim countries officially use the Gregorian calendar as their civil calendar alongside the Hijri system.

UAE's unified Hijri calendar of 1439, launched

In conclusion, Ambassador Trad said that state services, including: education, health care and social development are secured in all parts of the Kingdom through the relevant ministries, and to ensure access to all the targeted and needy groups, with the availability of the control mechanisms of government and the civil calendar which are usually looking for imbalances and deficiencies to address when discovered.

Saudi Arabia confirms, in a speech at Human Rights Council, that it's a key partner of international development and among the world's biggest donors 3 Geneva

Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar.It occurs during the spring, in March or April; the method for determining the date of Easter Sunday is complex, based on lunisolar calendar.

Christian community to celebrate Good Friday on March 25

In 1582, the pope instituted a new calendar for all Catholic countries, and it would eventually be adopted as the civil calendar by countries throughout the world.

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The civil calendar consisted of twelve months, beginning in the fall.

Shadow on the Steps: Time Measurement in Ancient Israel

The Hebrew calendar dates for my mother's yahrzeit, like the dates for Mother's Day, were always moving around, uncoupled from May 14, the date of her death on the civil calendar. Since both the yahrzeit and the civil calendar date were my own private anniversaries, they were easy for me to disregard.

Mourning My Mother, Finally

But in the western civil calendar it is New Year's Day: the successor, in the late ancient and medieval periods, to at least some Roman customary observances of the Kalends of January.

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The mining follows the crossing of the border by hostile Arabs in Syria on May 15, to mark the 63rd anniversary on the civil calendar of the establishment of the modern Jewish state, when mines already in place did not go off.