terminus a quo

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
terminus a quo
    n 1: earliest limiting point [syn: {terminus a quo}, {starting
         point}]
    
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
TERMINUS A QUO. The starting point of a private way is so called. Hamm. N. 
P. 196. 
    

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