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perpetuity|pɜːpɪˈtjuːɪtɪ|
[ME. perpetuite, a. F. perpétuité (13th c. in Littré) = Pr. perpetuitat, Sp. perpetuidad, It. perpetuità; ad. L. perpetuitātem, f. perpetu-us: see perpetual and -ity.]
1. The quality or state of being perpetual; endless or indefinite duration or existence.
c1450Macro Plays (E.E.T.S.) 30/822 Thy obstinacy wyll exclude [thee] fro þe glorius perpetuite. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clix. 149 Than the Emperour..transmutyd the sentence of deth vnto perpetuyte of pryson, & losynge of his syght. 1497Bp. Alcock Mons Perfect. B iij, This materyal tabernacle, which myght have no perpetuyte. 1587Golding De Mornay ix. (1592) 130 If we say that the Elementes and the liuing wights continue their perpetuities in their kinds. 1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 51 For the Stability and Perpetuity of the whole Universe. 1735–8Bolingbroke On Parties 144, I need not descend into more Particulars to shew the Perpetuity of free Government in Britain. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. vii. 249 A third attribute of the king's majesty is his perpetuity... The king never dies. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 28 The final treaty..conceived upon a basis which promised perpetuity.
b. Phrases. in perpetuity, to perpetuity, for perpetuity: to all time, for ever; for an indefinitely long or unlimited period.
1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 28/2 To endure to the next Parlement, and so forth in perpetuite. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 107 b, The chaplayne..may charge y⊇ chauntry with a rent charge in perpetuitye. 1652J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox iv. 226 There to continue to perpetuity, under pain of beeing Hanged if ever they returned. 1717Bullock Wom. a Riddle iv. 45, I cou'd contemplate on these lines to perpetuity. 1802Wellington in Gurw. Desp. III. 473 His Highness..hereby assigns and cedes in perpetuity to the Honorable East India Company, all the territories detailed. 1862Darwin Fertil. Orchids ii. 69 We have here a plant which is self-fertilized for perpetuity.
2. A perpetual possession, tenure, or position.
1406Hoccleve Misrule 374 For what thyng þat is lent,..Thow ther-in haast no perpetuitee. 1538Ord. Lichfield Gild (E.E.T.S.) 10 [They] did admytt William Wylnehale, priest, to be one of the prestes of the gild as to a perpetuyte. 1650W. Brough Sacr. Princ. (1659) 500 What a folly is this to preferre a lease to a perpetuity. 1847L. Hunt Men, Women, & B. II. ix. 164 One system of morals..acted upon, and associated with flourishing perpetuities.
b. Law. Of an estate: The quality or condition of being inalienable perpetually, or for a period beyond certain limits fixed, or conceived as being fixed, by the general law; an estate so restricted or perpetuated.
1596Bacon Max. & Use Com. Law i. (1635) 47 Perpetuity, which is an intaile with an addition of a Proviso Conditionall, tyed to his estate, not to put away the land from his next heire. 1607Norden Surv. Dial. iii. 111 For nothing is therein to be inserted, but matter of perpetuitie, in recommending the present state of the Mannor vnto posterities. 1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3839/4 The Perpetual Advouson of Staplehurst,..is to be disposed of, either the Perpetuity, or the next Presentation. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 403 The Judges have, for many centuries, established it as a rule, that real property should in no case be rendered perpetually unalienable; or, as it is usually expressed, the perpetuities should not be allowed. 1858Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvii. 119 To curb the rising desire to evade the wholesome rule of law as to perpetuities.
3. A perpetual annuity. Hence, The amount or number of years' purchase required to buy a perpetual annuity; the number of years in which the simple interest or annuity on a principal sum will equal the principal.
1806Hutton Course Math. I. 266 An annuity may also be for a certain number of years; or it may be without any limit, and then it is called a Perpetuity. 1838De Morgan Ess. Probab. 189 Each..would have to pay for a perpetuity, if the preceding fallacy were admitted. |