time immemorial

time immemorial.

1. A point in time so far back that no living person has knowledge or proof contradicting the right or custom alleged to have existed since then. • At common law, that time was fixed as the year 1189, the year that Henry II of England died. — Also termed time out of memory; time out of mind; time of memory.

2. A point in time beyond which legal memory cannot go. See LEGAL MEMORY.

3. A very long time.

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译者Jerry，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与政府调查与白领犯罪相关的法律文件。