STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS
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Acts of Parliament which prescribe the limits within which actions must be commenced for the recovery of anything ; e.g. actions on simple contracts, for suits by the Crown, of ejectment, etc. So two years is the Limitations of action for a slander, six for libel, etc.
By Henry Percy Smith
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- A German historian and poet; born in Neidenburg, East Prussia, Jan. 19, 1821; died at Munich, May 1, 1891. He studied severely Konigsberg home, wrote essays of deep scholarship; "Socialistic Elements Goethe's Wilhelm Meister"; tragedy, "The Death Tiberius", the ripest historical learning; "Corsica"; other most authoritative books travel description, based on close personal study. also "Euphorion", an epic, poems high repute. But his works, unsurpassed learning vivid realization spirit their times, are commanding monument genius. City Rome Middle Ages", "Lucretia Borgia", "Urban VIII"., Monuments Popes", "Athenais", need be named.