### Question
What does years mean?


### Answer
**Years** has the following meaning in *28 U.S.C. § 376*:

> full years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate any fractional part of a month which numbers less than fifteen full days and including, as one full month, any fractional part of a month which numbers fifteen full days or more. 

#### Citation:
  - *28 U.S.C. § 376*
  - Heading: **PART I-ORGANIZATION OF COURTS > CHAPTER 17-RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES**

