Comparative law notes
lapse of the time limit for bringing suit or for prosecuting a crime; the fact of being legally unenforceable for not having asserted a right within the prescribed term
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lapse of the time limit for bringing suit or for prosecuting a crime; the fact of being legally unenforceable for not having asserted a right within the prescribed term
a law which establishes the maximum period of time within which a legal action must be brought or a claim enforced
The statute of limitations on the plaintiff's claim was three years.