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quarter day

any of four days in the year when certain payments become due. In England, they are Lady Day (25 March), Midsummer Day (24 June), Michaelmas Day (29 September) and Christmas Day (25 December). For Scotland the days are Candlemas (28 February), Whitsunday (28 May), Lammas (28 August) and Martinmas (28 November).
Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

QUARTER DAY. One of the four days of the year on which rent payable quarterly becomes due.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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