"time of memory" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: times of memory [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|times of memory|nolinkhead=1}} time of memory (usually uncountable, plural times of memory)
  1. (law) A reference to a point in time that is so distant that no living individual has knowledge or proof that would contradict a right or a custom purported to have existed since that time. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-time_of_memory-en-noun-nv8yXdSh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Topics: law
  2. (uncommon, figurative) A very long time. Tags: figuratively, uncommon, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-time_of_memory-en-noun-o~hqJZEz

Inflected forms

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