Immemorial Usage - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition immemorial-usage

Definition :

Immemorial usage, a practice which has existed time out of mind; custom; prescription, See MEMORY, TIME OF LEGAL.

A phenomenon is said to be happening from time immemorial when the date of its commencement is not within the memory of man or the date of its commencement is shrouded in the mists of antiquity, Patneedi Rudrayya v. Velugubantla Venkayya, AIR 1961 SC 1821 (1823): (1962) 1 SCR 836. [Easements Act, (5 of 1882), s. 18]