Tempus

Lat.

In the civil and old English law. Time in general. A time limited ; a season; e. y., tempus pessonis, mast time in the forest

— Tempus continuum. In the civil law. A continuous or absolute period of time. A term which begins in run from a certain event, even though he for whom it runs has no knowledge of the event, and in which, when it has once begun to run, all the days are reckoned as they follow one another in the calendar. Dig. 3, 2, 8; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 195.

— Tempus semestre. In old English law. The period of six months or half a year, consisting of one hundred and eighty-two days. Cro. Jac. 166.

— Tempos utile. In the civil law. A profitable or advantageous period of time. A term which begins to run from a certain event, only when he for whom it runs has obtnined a knowledge of the event, and in which, when it has once begun to run, those days are not reckoned on which one has no experiundi potestas; i. e., on which one cannot prosecute his rights before a court. Dig. 3, 6, 6; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 195.