statute of limitations

1. 1.

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

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Questions about statute of limitations

What does statute of limitations mean?

statute of limitations means "a statute prescribing the time period during which legal action can be taken".

Is statute of limitations a common word?

statute of limitations is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.