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2. Statute of limitations - Wikipedia

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   Statute of limitations. A statute of limitations, known in civil law systems as a prescriptive period, is a law passed by a legislative body to set the maximum time after an event within which legal proceedings may be initiated. [ 1][ 2] In most jurisdictions, such periods exist for both criminal law and civil law such as contract law and ...

3. Personal injury - Wikipedia

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   Personal injury is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind, or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property. [1] In common law jurisdictions the term is most commonly used to refer to a type of tort lawsuit in which the person bringing the suit (the plaintiff in American jurisdictions or claimant in English law) has suffered harm to their ...

4. Statute of repose - Wikipedia

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   A statute of repose (sometimes called a nonclaim statute ), like a statute of limitations, is a statute that cuts off certain legal rights if they are not acted on by a specified deadline. [ 1] Statutes of repose exist in a number of contexts. Some jurisdictions have passed statutes of repose in the context of products liability law, or for ...

5. Tolling (law) - Wikipedia

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   Tolling (law) Tolling is a legal doctrine that allows for the pausing or delaying of the running of the period of time set forth by a statute of limitations, such that a lawsuit may potentially be filed even after the statute of limitations has run. Although grounds for tolling the statute of limitations vary by jurisdiction, common grounds ...

6. What is the statute of limitations on debt? - AOL

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   For example, if you miss a payment on a debt with a five-year statute of limitations on July 1, 2024, then after July 1, 2029, the statute of limitations will have passed. At this point, the ...

7. Limitation periods in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   The general time limit for injury litigation is three years, with multiple exceptions and special cases. The statute of limitations for injuries to children only starts at the age of eighteen. The statute of limitations for brain damage begins only when the victim has been medically acknowledged as regaining cognitive ability.