in perpetuum
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Mr. Blackmer has retained counsel to recover his passport, arguing that he paid $10 for it and therefore it is his property in perpetuum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doing skits as well as songs, the five-member cast is in perpetuum mobile.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alexander had not even the excuse that he thought he was disposing of uncultivated and uninhabited regions, since he specifies in his donation both towns and castles: "Civitates et castra in perpetuum tenore præsentium donamus."
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George
This has led to discussions with the ministers, which give us a hope that we may get the duties taken off in perpetuum.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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