in futuro
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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I do not consider this request in futuro as breaking my promise to give no more trouble for some time.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
Am I the sort of fellow to persuade a man to invest in some visionary company with dividends in futuro?
From The Mynns' Mystery by George Manville Fenn
I am free to confess that, existing contracts being guarded and protected, the law to operate in futuro would be regarded as both proper and wise.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
The idea that a Dramatic Author of any standing would submit his work to such a tribunal, even with the dazzling prospect of a Matinée in futuro, is too refreshing!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 by Various
It would not enrich the plaintiff in presenti, nor would it in futuro go to his heirs, or answer to pay his debts.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster
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