a year and a day
a year and a day
A time period once used as a limit in legal matters. Once upon a time, murder charges would be dropped if the assault victim survived for more than a year and a day.
See also: and, year
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- once more
- all at once
- at once
- stampede out of
- stampede out of (some place)
- (every) once in a while
- every once in a while
- once in a while
- once hell freezes over
- once and for all