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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.