crop-time

crop-time
The period of the year during which the ground is prepared for a crop, the crop planted, and the ground cultivated, such period terminating when the crop, having reached the stage of maturity when no further work is required to produce it, is in the terminology of farmers, "laid by." Martin v Chapman (Ala) 6 Port 344, 351.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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