Punctum Temporis

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Meaning of Punctum temporis

(Lat.) A point of time; an indivisible period of time; the shortest space of time; an instant. Calv. Lex. A point or period from which a computation of time is made. 2 Alls. Crim. Prac. 188.

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Concept of “Punctum Temporis”

Traditional meaning of punctum temporis in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A point of time.

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  1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Punctum Temporis”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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