time-barred
Adjective
Meaning
time-barred (not comparable)
(law) That can not be brought to court because the statute of limitations has passed.
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Examples
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled two weeks ago that some of UEFA’s accusations of financial violations by City could not be proven and others were “time-barred” because they did not meet a five-year statute of limitations.
The office of the commissioner said: “The allegation of undeclared income in the declaration of assets is not time-barred by article 14(2) of the Standards in Public Life Act.”
In April 2018 the court had ruled the claim for damages to be time-barred by the two-year prescriptive period.
The opinion notes that in responding to the motion, Flores brought up the contention, for the first time, that Colon’s building was sold to him by the city at an unreasonably low price, but Bernal found that any action on that basis would be time-barred.
Leaders generally agree universal suffrage is time-barred but President Mohamed Farmaajo has been under pressure to organise timely election regardless of mode.
The panel also ruled that the bribery accusations for politicians are not time-barred.