DATA

In old practice and conve:yancinc. The date of a deed; the time when it was given; that is, executed. Grounds whereon to· proceed; facts from which to draw 11. conclusion. DATE, The specification or mention, 1n a written instrument, of the time (day and year) when it was made. Also the time so specified. That part of a deed or writing which ex• pre es the day of the month and year in which it was made or given. 2 BI. Comm. 804; Tomlins. The primary signification of date is not time in the abstract, nor time taken absolutely," but time given or specified; time in some wa[ ascertained an.d fixed. When we speak o the date of a deed, we do not mean the time when ft was actually executed, but the time of its execution, as given or stated in the deed itself. The date of an item, or of a charge in a book• [s. 323]