NULLUM TEMPUS ACT

Nullum Tempus Act (n[schwa]l-[schwa]m tem-p[schwa]s akt), n. [Latin] Hist. English law. The Crown Suits Act of 1769 (amended in 1862) that limited the Crown’s time to sue, in land and other specified matters, to 60 years. • The statute altered the common-law rule of nullum tempus aut locus occurrit regi (“no time or place affects […]