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Nullum Tempus Act

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

St. 3 Geo. III. c. 16. See 32 Geo. III. c. 58, and 7 Wm. III. c. 3. It was so called because the right of the crown to sue, etc., was limited by it to sixty years, in contradiction to the Maxim, NULLUM TEMPUS AUT LOCUS OCcurrit regi. No time or place affects the king. 2 Inst. 273; Jenk. Cent. Cas. 83; Broom, Leg. Max. 65.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The statute 3 (ico. III. c. 1(J. See 32 Geo. HI. c. 58, and 7 Will. IV, c. 3. rt was so called because the right of the crown to sue, etc., was limited by it to sixty years, in contradiction to the maxim, Nullum tern pus occurrit regi. 3 Chi tty, Stat. 63.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. A name given to the statute 3 Geo. III. c. 16, because that act, in contravention of the maxim "Nullum tempus occurrit regi," (no lapse of time bars the king,) limited the crown's right to sue, etc., to the period of sixty years.