statutes of limitations
Legal expiration dates
Statutes of limitations are laws setting deadlines for bringing legal actions.
After the specified period expires, a claim can no longer be prosecuted or sued upon, regardless of its merit.
Different offenses have different time limits—fraud might allow six years, personal injury two or three.
Some serious crimes like murder typically have no statute of limitations.
The statute of limitations had run out, so the victim couldn't sue.
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- running out of timeInsufficient duration remaining
- beat the clockFinish before deadline expires
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- criminal prosecutionGovernment's legal action against accused
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Systematic persecution of civilians
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