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time immemorial
time immemorialn. pl. times immemorial 1. Time long past, beyond memory or record. Also called time out of mind.2. Law The time before the keeping of legal records.time immemorial n 1. the distant past beyond memory or record 2. (Law) law time beyond legal memory, fixed by English statute as before the reign of Richard I (1189) time′ immemo′rial
n. time in the distant past. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | time immemorial - the distant past beyond memorytime out of mindpast, past times, yesteryear - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" |
time immemorial
time immemorialLong before one would be able to remember; the distant past. Our family line has presided over this land since time immemorial. Giant sea turtles have been coming to this spot to mate since time immemorial.See also: immemorial, timetime immemorialAlso, time out of mind. Long ago, beyond memory or recall, as in These ruins have stood here since time immemorial, or His office has been on Madison Avenue for time out of mind. The first expression comes from English law, where it signifies "beyond legal memory," specifically before the reign of Richard I (1189-1199), fixed as the legal limit for bringing certain kinds of lawsuit. By about 1600 it was broadened to its present sense of "a very long time ago." The variant, first recorded in 1432, uses mind in the sense of "memory" or "recall." See also: immemorial, timetime immemorial used to refer to a point of time so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it. In legal terms in Britain, time immemorial refers to the time up to the beginning of the reign of Richard I in 1189 . A variant of the phrase is time out of mind .See also: immemorial, timetime immemorial
Related to time immemorial: since time immemorialtime immemorial 1189. See ACQUISITIVE PRESCRIPTION.time immemorial
Related to time immemorial: since time immemorialSynonyms for time immemorialnoun the distant past beyond memorySynonymsRelated Words |