单词statute of limitations
n.: 消灭时效
时效；诉讼时效法规；追诉权时效法:
the legal limit on the period of time within which action can be taken on a crime or other legal question
The judges decided it had been committed three months earlier than previously reckoned and was thus covered by a statute of limitations.
这些法官判决该行为的发生时间较原先估计提早了三个月，因此适用于法定有效时限的法令。
Any other claim to which the provisions on statute of limitations are inapplicable.
其他依法不适用诉讼时效规定的债权请求权。
When I asked if he thought the police would eventually drop their investigation, he said, "There"s no statute of limitations on murder. "
当我问他是否警察最终会结束调查时，他说，“谋杀案（调查）是没有时间限制的。”
The District Attorney pointed out that the statute of limitations was not intended to be a game between the law and the criminal.
地方检察官指出，追诉时效不是法律与罪犯之间玩的游戏。
Politicians have escaped corruption charges because probes often are held up in parliament until a statute of limitations expires.
由于调查常被国会束之高阁直至法定时效期满，政客们得以避免面对腐败指控。
Judicial relief, from the scope of damages, the burden of proof as well as the statute of limitations set out in three aspects.
在司法救济方面，从损害赔偿的范围、举证责任以及诉讼时效三个方面进行阐述。
But allegations of bribery could not be confirmed, he said, and anyway the statute of limitations had expired.
然而同时他说对于贿赂的据称并没有得到证实，而且不管怎样，对限制的规定已经名存实亡。
But Cheney has said "the statute of limitations has expired" on many of his secrets.
不过，切尼说过，他的许多秘密“限制期已过”。
Berlusconi was later cleared by an appeals court after the statute of limitations on the accusations expired.
后来，一上诉法院裁定贝卢斯科尼涉嫌卷入的行贿罪已经超过审理期限，遂宣布他无罪。
of Friends of the companies considered that the case has expired statute of limitations, Mr. Gu and other owners have lost the right to win.
之友公司认为，此案已过期时效法规，谷先生和其他业主的权利已经失去取胜。