time immemorial

time immemorial
noun
the distant past beyond memory
• Syn: ↑time out of mind
• Hypernyms: ↑past, ↑past times, ↑yesteryear

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noun
1.
a. : a time beyond legal memory formerly fixed by English law as the beginning of the reign of Richard I in 1189 but modified in common law by various prescription acts
b. : a time going back beyond the memory of any person living
2. : time so long past as to be indefinite in history or tradition

field forces from time immemorial have dealt with such offenses on the spot — R.H.Jackson

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1. Also called time out of mind. time in the distant past beyond memory or record: Those carvings have been there from time immemorial.
2. Law. time beyond legal memory, fixed by statute in England as prior to the beginning of the reign of Richard I (1189).
[1595-1605]

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time immemorial noun
1. The distant past no longer remembered
2. Time before legal memory, fixed by statute as before 1189 (law)
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Main Entry: ↑time

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time immemorial,
1. a date or period in time beyond memory or historic record; age or year before the beginning of known chronology: »

a tradition observed from time immemorial.

2. Law. a time beyond legal memory. In England it is fixed by law as time before 1189, the beginning of the reign of Richard I.

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used to refer to a point of time in the past that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it

markets had been held there from time immemorial


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