Lat. Forthwith; immediately. In old English law, this term meant either “at once,” or “within a legal time,” i. e., such time as permitted the legal and regular performance of the act in question.
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Lat. Forthwith; immediately. In old English law, this term meant either “at once,” or “within a legal time,” i. e., such time as permitted the legal and regular performance of the act in question.
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