Questions tagged [statute-of-limitations]
A statutory "clock" that determines how long after an alleged crime charges may be brought.
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IN ARIZONA is there a time limit for a police officer to file a complaint or ticket they have written you
If I Have been written a criminal ticket for -Indecent Exposure-, and my stated court appearance date came and the clerk of the court said that i wasn't on the docket because they hadn't even turned ...
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If a copyright owner doesn't sue for infringing behavior, does that prevent them from suing me later?
If I'm infringing somebody's copyright on an ongoing basis, and the copyright owner knows about this but does nothing, can they still decide at some point to sue me?
Or more technically, can laches ...
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How can anyone own land without theft?
People are said to own land when they purchase it from the previous owner, but if you follow the chain of ownership back far enough, there must have been a point where there was no previous owner and ...
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What is the limitation period for a violation of the Computer Misuse Act of 1990's provision(s) on phishing?
I came across a story about a twenty-something year old male who setup a fake website in order to 'phish' for usernames and passwords for a popular game.
After acquiring the credentials he would then ...
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What are the statutes of limitation for civil lawsuits regarding utility bills between roommates?
Are there specific laws governing statutes of limitation for utility bills between household roommates?
If not, I assume it would fall under some other existing category. Are utilities bills between ...
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Is there a Statute of Limitation for crimes such as molestation?
A girl is 17 now. She lives in Illinois. When she was 6, she was molested by her 17 year old uncle. Does the fact that this crime happened 11 years ago mean she cannot get justice? It was either in ...
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Made partial to landscaper last spring?
I live in Missouri.
I met with a landscaper last spring, he gave me a price of $3700 to do some work about 9 months ago. The company didn't have time to do this work or couldn't fit it in or whatever ...
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Does a criminal complaint filed under an alias toll the statute of limitations of an offense?
Generally, aside from murder, many criminal statutes prohibit the filing of criminal charges after a certain amount of time has passed.
For the purposes of this question, assume the police do not know ...
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How does the statute of limitations on defamation work?
My understanding is that defamation has a very short window for a lawsuit, like one year.
So suppose a libelous statement was published in a widely circulated journal, call it the New York Times, and ...
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