limitation

Examples

• All

• How does that get us past the statute of limitations?

  Hot to Trot (1988)

• The statute of limitations has run out.

  Lassiter (1984)

• Statute of limitations is seven years.

  Gloria (1999)

• The statute of limitations on burglary is what?

  Trespass (1992)

• Then it strikes me that the statute of limitations is long past.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The statute of limitations is only three years, and most of these victims don't come forward until long after that.

  Spotlight (2015)

• As far as I know, there's no statute of limitations for murder.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Three of those alleged crimes took place outside of the statute of limitations and for that reason, we have declined to file charges in those three cases.

• Computerized docketing provides several reminders that the statute of limitations is going to expire.

  Academic text (1993)

• The limitation for filing a lawsuit is set at five years according to state law.

Synonyms

E

expiration

vslimitation

• US

56 3.5

The end of the time when something is valid, like a passport or food

is a legal period specifically ending the right to start claims

T

time limit

vslimitation

52 2.7

A set time by which you must finish something

is a legal deadline specifically ending the ability to bring claims

S

statute of limitations

vslimitation

• Formal

46 7.3

A law that stops people from starting a lawsuit after a set time

is the legal period after which claims cannot be brought

E

expiry

vslimitation

• UK

3 3.0

The last date when a document or product is still valid

is a legal time limit that prevents filing claims after its end

Compounds

M

mortal limitation

1 7.9

Things people cannot do because they can die

S

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

1 7.0

A series of talks between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology