Definition for SEN-NIGHT

SEN-NIGHT, n. [sen'nit; contracted from sevennigit, as fortnight from fourteennight.]

The space of seven nights and days; a week. The court will be held this day sennight, that is, a week from this day; or the court will be held next Tuesday sennight, a week from next Tuesday.

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