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Trinity term

British  

noun

  1. the summer term at the Inns of Court and some educational establishments

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Note also that the Exchequer, which is Fiscus or ærarium publicam princeps, openeth eight days before any term begin, except Trinity term, which openeth but four days before.

From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by Harrison, William

Trinity term, second Monday in June, and ends Saturday of the following week.

From Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

In Trinity term 1743, when everything was ready for a trial at the next ensuing assizes, a trial at bar was appointed on the application of the agents of the Earl of Anglesea.

From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous

The case was then ordered to stand over until after the Trinity term, for the consideration of the Attorney-General as to what further decree or order, if any, he might think right to apply for. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

Trinity term beginneth the Friday after Trinity Sunday, and endeth the Wednesday fortnight after, in which time it hath four returns, Craft.

From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by Harrison, William

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