Legal Definitions - year and a day

Definition: A period of time that starts on a specific date and ends on the same date the following year. For example, January 1 to January 1 of the next year. This term is used in law to refer to the statute of limitations for certain claims and crimes.

Example: In some states, the statute of limitations for filing a personal injury claim is "year and day." This means that the injured person has one year and one day from the date of the accident to file a claim.

Illustrative caselaw: Rogers v. Tennessee, 532 U.S. 451 (2001) is an example of a case where the "year and day" rule was applied. In this case, the defendant was charged with murder, but the victim died more than a year and a day after the alleged crime. The court ruled that the defendant could not be charged with murder because the "year and day" rule had expired.

See also:Year and a day rule