durante vita

[ doo-rahn-te wee-tah; English doo-ran-tee vahy-tuh, vee-tuh, dyoo- ]

adverb

, Latin.

1. during life.

Example Sentences

It enacts section one:— "All negroes or other slaves within the province, and all negroes and other slaves to be hereafter imported into the province, shall serve durante vita; and all children born of any negro or other slave, shall be slaves as their fathers were for the term of their lives."

From Project Gutenberg

Maryland declared in 1663 that Negro slaves should serve durante vita, but it was not until 1667 that Virginia finally plucked up courage to attack the issue squarely and declared by law: "Baptism doth not alter the condition of the person as to his bondage or freedom, in order that diverse masters freed from this doubt may more carefully endeavor the propagation of Christianity."

From Project Gutenberg

"They are bound during life." that is, durante vitâ, life continuing, or, as long as life lasts.

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