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GCN - General Construction
Article 2 - Meaning of Terms
58 - Year in Statute, Contract and Public or Private Instrument.
Universal Citation: NY Gen Const L § 58 (2017)
58. Year in statute, contract and public or private instrument. The term year in a statute, contract, or any public or private instrument, means three hundred and sixty-five days, but the added day of a leap year and the day immediately preceding shall for the purpose of such computation be counted as one day. In a statute, contract or public or private instrument, the term year means twelve months, the term half year, six months, and the term a quarter of a year, three months.
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