Also known as: months · mo.
Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
2 senses
One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year.
Any period approximating thirty days used to measure deadlines, durations, and waiting periods in statutes, rules, and contracts.
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One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year.
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Any period approximating thirty days used to measure deadlines, durations, and waiting periods in statutes, rules, and contracts.
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Miranda Morales moved with her child from State A to State B. Six weeks later she filed a custody petition in State A. Because the child had lived in State A within the prior six months and Miranda still resided there, the court exercised initial jurisdiction under the statute.
A grand jury had served seventeen months when the prosecutor sought an extension. The court found that public interest justified continuing the panel and granted a five-month extension, keeping the total service under the statutory cap.
Madison Meyers signed a letter expressing interest in leasing land from Matrix Technologies. Six months later the parties signed a second memorandum that omitted the parcel description. The two documents together satisfied the statute of frauds because they could be read as one.
Matthew Martinez removed his child from State A. Within five months the other parent filed a custody action in State A. Because State A had been the child's home state and a parent still lived there, the court possessed jurisdiction to enter an initial decree.
After appointment as personal representative, Mohan Malhotra prepared the estate inventory. He filed it with the court and mailed copies to interested persons two months after his appointment, satisfying the three-month statutory window.
Marco Marquez signed a subscription for shares in a corporation not yet formed. Two months later he attempted to revoke. Because the agreement contained no shorter period and the other subscribers had not consented, the subscription remained binding for the full six months.
A month may refer either to one of the twelve calendar divisions of the year or to any approximate thirty-day period, depending on the statute or instrument in which the term appears.
Supporting sources
The six-month period is measured from the triggering event and ordinarily uses calendar months unless the governing rule specifies a different method such as a fixed number of days.
Separate signed documents may be read together to satisfy a statute-of-frauds memorandum even if neither refers to the other, provided they clearly relate to the same transaction.
…recorded but he did not know whether those of the applicants were recorded as he had not consulted the book for more than twelve months. Mr. Brent testified he did not certainly remember the names in commissions but believed Marbury's and Hooe's commissions were made out and Ramsay's was not; he prepared the list of names…