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
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].