The legal system in Iceland. The following excerpt is from the online article Update-Researching Icelandic Law by Ran RÃ¡n tryggvadottir ÃÃ³rdÃ­s And, Ã¾ordis Ã¾Ã³rdÃ­s ingadottir ingadÃ³ttir Associate professors At the Faculty Of. law at reykjavik universityhe legal system in Iceland. The following excerpt is from the online article Update-Researching Icelandic Law by Ran RÃ¡n tryggvadottir ÃÃ³rdÃ­s And, Ã¾ordis Ã¾Ã³rdÃ­s ingadottir ingadÃ³ttir Associate professors At the Faculty Of. law at reykjavik university
Semester definition, (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks. See more. Dictionary.com
1 A trimester system divides the academic year into three terms which can be as short as eight weeks or as long as 16 weeks each. 2  A quarter system divides the academic year into four terms, up to 12 weeks each, and generally counts the summer as one of the terms. semester (from the Latin meaning six-monthly) has come to mean either of two academic terms, generally excluding the summer or January terms, if any, and so can be 12 to 20 weeks long. The word semester is sometimes used as a synonym for a term, as in a summer semester.