terminus a quo
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916)
Definitions from Case Law
From 59 U.S. 158 - Griffith v. Bogert · 1855Most cited · 43 citing opinions
Whether the terminus a quo should be so included, it must be admitted, has been a vexed question for many centuries, both among learned doctors of the civil law and the courts of England and this country. It has been termed by a writer on civil law (Tiraqueau) the controversia controversissima. In common and popular usage, the day a quo has always been included, and such has been the general rule both of the Roman and common law. The latter admits no fractions of a day; the former, in some instances, as in cases of minority, calculated de momento en momentum.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916