| 词汇 | statute-of-limitations |
| 释义 | statute of limitations noun[ C ] law specializeduk /ˌstætʃ.uːt əv lɪm.ɪˈteɪ.ʃənz/ us /ˌstætʃ.uːt əv lɪm.əˈteɪ.ʃənz/pluralstatutes of limitations a law that states a legal action must be brought before a particular period of time has passed: The court ruled that the statute of limitations had run out. Five years is the statute of limitations for racketeering charges. There would be no statute of limitations for murder. She was barred by statutes of limitations from filing civil or criminal actions. A two-year statute of limitations blocked authorities from pursuing most of the violations. Taking legal action abatement order ambulance-chasing appear for someone bring bring an action complainant indict indictment lawyer lawyer up legal action litigant litigate petitioner prosecute prosecution prosecutorial reindict reindictment summons statute of limitations | Business Englishstatute of limitations noun[ C ] ukuspluralstatutes of limitations LAW a law that limits the amount of time allowed to bring a legal action against someone: The case was thrown out because of the statute of limitations. Under the state's statute of limitations, homeowners have until next Aug. 29 to take their insurance companies to court over unpaid claims. Examples of statute of limitationsstatute of limitations Twice, in 1965 and in 1969, parliament opted to extend the statuteoflimitations. And what is the "statuteoflimitations" on compensating for breaches of duties to compensate? Instead, they permit legal doctrines like adverse possession to function as a kind of statuteoflimitations on the rectification of property claims. I do suggest, that if a claim be sound and just, it should not be barred by any statuteoflimitations of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 8 provides for a two-year rule—effectively a two-year statuteoflimitations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That may or may not be true, but where fraud is involved there is no statuteoflimitations, so the matter is still at large. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no statuteoflimitations forbidding a prosecution to be brought. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no statuteoflimitations on constitutional rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should we have a statuteoflimitations for war criminals? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In any event, the decision in each case will depend on the facts of that case and on the statuteoflimitations' tolling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other cases may be lined up, depending on the statuteoflimitations, whether it tolls and whether the facts are different in those cases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is perfectly true that there is no statuteoflimitations in respect of crimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They seem to be so monstrous that however we envisage and hypothesise them they could not be subject to any statuteoflimitations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We in this country do not have a statuteoflimitations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not about time that we had a statuteoflimitations on this question? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of statute of limitations These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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