Time immemorial is time extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition. The implication is that the subject referred to is, or can be regarded as, indefinitely ancient. Memory is a function of the brain: the ability to retain information. ... The word tradition, comes from the Latin word traditio which means to hand down or to hand over. ...
The term has been formally defined for some purposes.
In English law, time immemorial means "a time before legal history, and beyond legal memory." In 1276, this time was fixed by statute as the year 1189, the beginning of the reign of King Richard I. Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832, the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned; instead, it was held that rights which had been enjoyed for twenty years (or as against the crown thirty years) should not be impeached merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed before. Source: The public domain Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
The Court of Chivalry is said to have defined the period before 1066 as "time immemorial" for the purposes of heraldry.
Compare against Prehistoric. English law is the law of England and Wales, rather than Scotland and Northern Ireland. ... For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Events January 21 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade September 3- Richard I of England is crowned as king of England. ... Richard I (September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Court of Chivalry is a civil court in England. ... Events January 6 - Harold II is crowned King of England the day after Edward the Confessor dies. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as armorial bearings or simply as arms. Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their shields. ... Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ...
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