effluxion

• A mere re-tying of a few bows that the effluxion of time has untied, or were never tied by the author, who, if —  Muslin
• "Contrary to his empty grandstanding and the embarrassing ignorance of members of the National Assembly, Iwu's term expired last August by effluxion of time." —  AllAfrica News: Latest
• Voivode, Peter Vissarion, imperilled himself for his country's good, and if it be of danger or evil repute to him that even for such a purpose he sold his heritage, you shall at once and to the knowledge of the mountaineers -- though not necessarily to others -- reconvey to him or his heirs the freehold that he was willing to part with -- and that he has _de facto_ parted with by the effluxion of the time during which his right of repurchase existed. —  The Lady of the Shroud
• Only a few hours ago that worthy kinsman of the benefactor of our nation made it known to me that in his last will he had bequeathed to me, by secret trust, the whole of those estates which long ago I had forfeited by effluxion of time, inasmuch as I had been unable to fulfil the terms of my voluntary bond. —  The Lady of the Shroud
• "Yes," rejoined Mascarin; "and yet the effluxion of times does not hinder me from seeing things as they then were, and my heart aches as I compare the hopes of those days with the realities of the present. —  Caught in the Net

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