Definitions for time immemorial
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. time immemorial, time out of mindnoun

   the distant past beyond memory

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1. time immemorialnoun

   Time that extends beyond memory or record.

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1. Time immemorial

   Time immemorial (French: temps immémorial) is a phrase meaning time extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition, indefinitely ancient, "ancient beyond memory or record".In law, it means that a property or benefit has been enjoyed for so long that its owner does not have to prove how they came to own it. In English law and its derivatives, "time immemorial" means the same as "time out of mind", "a time before legal history and beyond legal memory". In 1275, by the first Statute of Westminster, the time of memory was limited to the reign of King Richard I, beginning 6 July 1189, the date of the king's accession. Since that date, proof of unbroken possession or use of any right made it unnecessary to establish the original grant under certain circumstances. The Prescription Act 1832, which noted that the full expression was "time immemorial, or time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary", replaced the common law burden of proving "time immemorial" for the enjoyment of particular land rights with statutory fixed time periods of up to 60 years.

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1. time immemorial

   Time immemorial refers to a point of time extending so far back into the past that there are no available records or evidence of events, situations, or conditions, essentially extending beyond human memory. It signifies a period of time that has been seemingly without a beginning and indefinitely ancient.

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1. Time immemorial

   Time immemorial is a phrase meaning time extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition, indefinitely ancient, "ancient beyond memory or record". The phrase is one of the few cases in the English language where the adjective is a postmodifier—some other phrases, such as the legal terms attorney general and court martial, also follow that pattern, largely due to the influence of Norman French. The term has been formally defined for some purposes. ⁕In English law and its derivatives, time immemorial means the same as time out of mind, "a time before legal history and beyond legal memory." In 1275, by the first Statute of Westminster, the time of memory was limited to the reign of Richard I, beginning 6 July 1189, the date of the King's accession. Since that date, proof of unbroken possession or use of any right made it unnecessary to establish the original grant under certain circumstances. In 1832, time immemorial was re-defined as "Time whereof the Memory of Man runneth not to the contrary." The plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned; instead, it was held that rights which had been enjoyed for twenty years should not be impeached merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed before.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of time immemorial in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of time immemorial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of time immemorial in a Sentence

1. Guenther Heim:

   The Hagmoar of Hundstoa has been highly prized since time immemorial and it is difficult to win. That's why the Hagmoar of Hundstoa is a very precious title.

2. Stephen Worth:

   It's well known that police officers for time immemorial have been conducting verticals and have had their weapon drawn, there was nothing inappropriate, rash or crazy about it.

3. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   Violence or the threat of violence must never be permitted to influence the actions or judgments of the university community. Once it does, the community, almost by definition, ceases to be a university. It is for this reason that from time immemorial expulsion has been the primary instrument of university discipline.

4. Elizabeth Beneloga:

   The whale sharks in Oslob have been in our waters since time immemorial, the fishermen feed the whale sharks only to attract them to the water's surface -- it's a small amount of krill, and the feeding stops in the afternoon.

5. Angela Lansbury:

   We must sometimes take blame, women, we have to own up to the fact that women, since time immemorial, have gone out of their way to make themselves attractive.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Time_Immemorial
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Immemorial
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5. ^ Wikidata
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