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{{Short description|Common length of time for establishing differences in legal status}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=March 2011}} {{more footnotes|date=March 2011}} }} The '''year and a day rule''' is associated with the former [[common law]] standard that death could not be legally attributed to acts or omissions that occurred more than a year and a day before the death. It is elsewhere associated with the minimum sentence for a crime to count as a [[felony]].
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