Note 133 — Chapter VIII · CUSTOM.
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Both in English and foreign law, however, the time of memory was extended by the allowance of tradition within defined limits. A witness might testify not only to that which he had himself seen, but to that which he had been told by others who spoke of their own knowledge. D. 22. 3. 28. Bracton f. 373 a. 318 b. By French law time of memory was held to extend for one hundred years. Pothier, De la Prescription, sects. 278–288.