How to Use statute of limitations in a Sentence

statute of limitations

noun phrase

• In the course of this dithering, the statute of limitations lapsed on key charges.
  — The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2023
• The statute of limitations to bring charges closed last year.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
• By that point, the statute of limitations for a court martial had passed.
  — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023
• Any chance to charge Stolk with a lesser crime was lost as the statute of limitations had lapsed, Williams added.
  — Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2024
• Because the acts date back to the Nineties, lawyers argue, the statute of limitations would have expired.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
• If so, the court may find that he’s barred from suing under the statute of limitations.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
• Cases nearing the end of the statute of limitations came first.
  — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
• This is all moot, at least for the lawsuit filed on Halloween in 2023, if the statute of limitations has run its course.
  — Samuel Brunson, The Conversation, 8 Nov. 2023
• In the fifth case, the lower court had ruled against the plaintiffs and dismissed their case, citing the 20-year statute of limitations.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 4 July 2024
• The statute of limitations on those complaints is two years.
  — Zach Despart, ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
• The United Kingdom does not have a statute of limitations on rape as there is in the United States.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2023
• When he was killed there was a statute of limitations on murder.
  — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
• No, the statute of limitations across Europe has run out.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 July 2023
• In June of this year, however, an appeals court dismissed her from the case on the ground that the claims against her were barred by the state’s statute of limitations.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
• Thank goodness for him that the statute of limitations has expired.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
• The statute of limitations for homicide in Aruba is 12 years.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
• The bill would change the statute of limitations for bringing employment lawsuits from five to three years.
  — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024
• Because of the stonewalling and slow walking on behalf of the DOJ, the statute of limitations ran out on some of the tax evasion charges, the whistleblowers alleged.
  — Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 18 July 2023
• Combs’ attorneys said that the statute of limitations ended in 2007, so the suit should be dismissed.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• The argument that carried the day for the former president was based on the statute of limitations.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• The law allowed adult survivors to file lawsuits up to a year after the statute of limitations expired.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
• His team argued that the statute of limitations window closed.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
• Since the crime happened sometime in October of that year, the charges came just a month before the statute of limitations expired.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2023
• Taylor Wilson: On the charges themselves, how might Trump's lawyers argue about the statute of limitations once these come out?
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• He can not be prosecuted in the U.S. as the statute of limitations has expired on the murder in Aruba.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
• Many of the objections concern the statute of limitations.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
• One defense is that too much time has passed, and the relevant three-year statute of limitations has expired.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2024
• In the case of Zheng, the community leader involved in the Prato station, the statute of limitations ran out on some charges against him.
  — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 12 July 2023
• Heinrich wasn't charged in the eight Paynesville incidents, as the statute of limitations had run out and there was a lack of evidence.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• The statute of limitations had expired by the time he was prosecuted.
  — Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024