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ALMANAC

ALMANAC. A table or calendar, in which are set down the revolutions of the seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, the mostremarkable conjunctions, positions and phenomena of the heavenly bodies, themonths of the year, the days of the month and week, and a variety of othermatter. 2. The courts will take judicial notice of the almanac; for example,whether a certain day of the month was on a Sunday or not. Vin. Ab. h.t.; 6Mod. 41; Cro. Eliz. 227, pl. 12; 12 Vin. Ab. Evidence (A, b, 4.) In datinginstruments, some sects, the Quakers, for example, instead of writingJanuary, February, March, &c., use the terms, First month, Second month,Third month, &c., and these are equally valid in such writings. Vide 1Smith's Laws of Pennsylvania, 217.

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