AD TERMINUM QUI PRETERIT
Categories: Latin Maxims
Definition (1910 Edition)
Origin: Latin
For a term which has passed. Words fn the Latin form of the writ of entry employed at common law to recover, on behalf of a landlord, possession of premises, from a tenant holding over after the expiration of the term for which they were demised. See Biteh.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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