Terminus

I. A limiting point either of time or space. Terminus a quo: the end from which; the beginning. Terminus ad qnem: the end to which; the termination.

In old English law

A dividing line, where metes or marks were set up; a fixed or limited period of time; an estate granted for a limited period; a term for years or life; a term of court. Terminus et feodum non possuut constare simnl in una eademque persona: the terra and the fee cannot exist together in one and the same person. Terminus Paschse: Easter term. Terminus Sancti Hilarii: Hilary term. Terminus Sancti Michaelis: Michaelmas term. Terminus Trinitatis: Trinity term. In English ecclesiastical law. Terminus hominis: a time for the determination of appeals, shorter than the terminus juris. Terminus juris: the time of one or two years, allowed by law for the determination of appeals. In the civil law. A period of time fixed by law; a limited number; a mark or physical object dividing lands.