CALENDER.
An almanac. Julius Caesar ordained that the Roman year should consist
of 365 days, except every fourth year, which should contain 366, the
additional day to be reckoned by counting the twenty-fourth day of
February (which was the 6th of the calends of March) twice. See
Bissextile is period of time exceeds the solar year by eleven minutes or
there abouts, which amounts to the error of a day in about 131 years.
In 1582, the error amounted to eleven days or more, which was corrected
by Pope Gregory. Out of this correction grew the distinction between Old
and New Style. The Gregorian or New Style was introduced into England
in 1752, the 2d day of September (0. S.) of that year being reckoned as
the 14th day of September, (N. S.) glee Almanac.
CALENDER,
crim. law. A list of prisoners, containing their names, the time when
they were committed, and by whom, and the cause of their commitments.
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