Apt time
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Apt time sometimes depends upon lapse of time ; as, where a thing is required to be done at the first term, or within a given time, it cannot be done afterwards. But the phrase more usually refers to the order of proceedings, as fit or suitable.
Pugh v. York, 74 N. C. 383