in perpetuum
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Doing skits as well as songs, the five-member cast is in perpetuum mobile.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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
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