English-French translations for statute of limitations

• prescription
  En outre, nous attendons beaucoup trop souvent que la presse amène un scandale sur la place publique et il y a ensuite prescription. Moreover, all too often, we wait until the press drags a scandal into the public arena and the statute of limitations has run out on offences.
  L'amnistie et la prescription ne sont pas des gestes de magnanimité, mais les graines d'une fragilisation de l'avenir démocratique chilien. An amnesty or statute of limitations is not an expression of generosity, but in the end would cause a destabilisation of Chile's democratic future.

Definition of statute of limitations

• in the UK it is purely procedural law. Elsewhere it is also substantive law. Any law that sets a time limit, after which a person may not be tried for a crime, or after which some other legal action may not take place

Related words

• statute
• statutes
• statute law
• statute book
• statute of limitation
• wrongful death statute
• perform statute labour