STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does statute of limitations mean? 

• STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (noun)
  The noun STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS has 1 sense:

1. a statute prescribing the time period during which legal action can be taken

  Familiarity information: STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statute prescribing the time period during which legal action can be taken

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("statute of limitations" is a kind of...):

law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

 Context examples 

He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)