zeir and day
zeir and day (yeer). See YEAR AND DAY. • Zeir is an obsolete graphic variant of year.
year and a day. The common-law time limit fixed for various purposes, such as claiming rights, exemptions, or property (such as rights to wreckage or estrays) or for prosecuting certain acts — so called because a year was formerly counted to include the first and last day, meaning that a year from January 1 was