Definition of Year and a day

The phrase Year and a Day can also refer to the Year and a Day rule connected with murder.

Year and a Day is the fourth section of the 15th track on the album Paul's Boutique by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989. It was produced and written by the Beastie Boys and the Dust Brothers. The section was engineered by Mario Caldato and Allen Abrahamson.

Year and a day can refer to:

• the Year and a day rule, a period tied into various legal principles in a number of jurisdictions
• A Year and a Day (1998 novel), by Virginia Henley 
• A Year and a Day (2004 novel), by Leslie Pietrzyk Morrow
• A poem by Elizabeth Siddall
• A song by the Beastie Boys
• A Year and a Day (film), a 2005 movie
• A period used in handfastings - though more from the works of Sir Walter Scott than history
• The time the The Owl and the Pussycat sailed for in Edward Lear's poem of that name.
• Long term assets are considered to be those held for a year and a day.
• Pagans and secret societies often use a year and a day as a minimum period of initiation or between degrees of membership.