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Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Used as an adverb, it does not necessarily refer to unlimited time; it is not a synonym for “forever.” It rather Indicates the direction in time merely to which the context refers, and is limited by it Dobbins v. Cragln, 50 N. J. Eq. 640, 23 Atl. 172.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A word of futurity, always used in statutes and legal documents as indicative of future time, excluding both the present and the past. Chapman v. Holmes, 10 N. J. Law, 26; Tremont & S. Mills v. Lowell, 165 Mass. 265, 42 N. E. 1134; Dobbins v. Cragin, 50 N. J. Eq. 640, 2 Atl. 172; Thomas v. Mueller, 106 111. 43.