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Immemorial

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Time out of mind.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

From a time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary. See 71 CaL 62, 11 Pac. 879.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Beyond human memory; time out of mind.

— Immemorial possession. In Louisiana. Possession of which no man living has seen the beginning, and the existence of which he has learned from his elders. Civ. Code La. art. 762

— Immemorial usage. A practice which has existed time out of mind; custom; prescription. Miller v. Garlock, 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 154.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

v. JHme immemorial.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Time. Before the time of Richard I., before A. D. 1189.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

That which commences beyond the time of ‘memory. Vide Memory, time of.