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
• By that point, the statute of limitations for a court martial had passed.
  — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 passed for criminal charges.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
• The men's lawsuits had already bounced back from a 2017 dismissal when Young threw them out for being beyond the statute of limitations.
  — Andrew Dalton, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
• The case involved another victim close to Martin’s age and was then, and still is, within the statute of limitations.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
• But in some cases, UAMS sued over debts that were three or four years old, because that statute of limitations doesn’t apply to the state government.
  — Casey Tolan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
• But the prosecutors could not charge him for those votes in, in those two elections because the statute of limitations had already passed.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
• The statute of limitations on hail damage in Texas has leeway, but its better to file sooner rather than later.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
• There's the issue of Michael Cohen's testimony and there's the issue of this statute of limitations.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
• Aruba has a 12-year statute of limitations for murder, which has already passed.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• For older victims, the statute of limitations expired in their 20s.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• Chen also found that the victim’s sister lacked standing and that the RICO statute of limitations had expired.
  — Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024