VIGILANCE. Proper attention in proper time.
2. The law requires a man who has a claim to enforce it in proper time,
while the adverse party has it in his power to defend himself; and if by
his neglect to do so, he cannot afterwards establish such claim, the
maxim vigilantibus non dormientibus leges subserviunt, acquires full
force in such case. For example, a claim not sued for within the time
required by the acts of limitation, will be presumed to be paid; and the
mere possession of corporeal real property, as if in fee simple, and
without admitting any other ownership for sixty years, is a sufficient
title against all the world, and cannot be impeached by any dormant
claim. See 3 Bl. Com. 196, n; 4 Co. 11 b. Vide Twenty years.
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