Michaelmas term

noun2

1. •
   The first term of the legal year, running from October to December, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
2. •
   The first academic term of the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from October to December; the term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.

   • There are four terms in the year, viz. 1. Michaelmas term, which begins on the 10th of October, and ends on the 17th of December. — 1813