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
• The statute of limitations on such matters lasts only five years.
  — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• 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
• An appellate court ruling trimmed that to 15 counts after determining that the statute of limitations had run out for one of the victim’s claims but the rest of the charges could stand.
  — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024