Aged calendar page for July 5, 1189, disintegrating — evoking the legal disappearance of time before the threshold of legal memory.

Wednesday Just Disappeared: Legal Memory and the Birth of Time Immemorial

In 1275, English law defined “time immemorial” as everything before July 6, 1189. This post explains why that date became the threshold of legal memory — and why the Wednesday before it, July 5, was procedurally erased.

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