In the legal world, these time limits are called the statute of limitations (SOL).
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One thing they do know: the statute of limitations never runs out on murder.
That was six months before the statute of limitations would expire on their 1991 return.
Ortiz said the statute of limitations has expired on crimes associated with the actual theft.
By restarting a debt's statute of limitations, the collectors have years to retrieve payments.
The only problem in prosecuting any charges is that a statute of limitations clock is ticking.
Include signed consents to extend the statute of limitations to assess taxes, penalties and FBAR penalties.
He was acquitted on appeal in 2000 after the statute of limitations had expired.
But prosecutors said the case could not be pursued because of a statute of limitations.
Prosecutors have investigated 40 other cases, most of which were past the statute of limitations.
The collection statute of limitations runs ten years from the time the tax is assessed.
In February, corruption charges against him were dropped due to a statute of limitations.
Another 26 misdemeanor counts were dismissed recently for falling outside the statute of limitations.
The statute of limitations for child sex crimes is more forgiving but has still passed, prosecutors said.
Tough nuts if he wasn't, because the statute of limitations on micromanaging that process was running out.
"Extensions of the statute of limitations are supposed to be voluntary, " says Houston tax attorney Edward Urquhart.
The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the then existing statute of limitations actually meant what it said.
In January 2012, a court ruled that the alleged abuses had expired under Haiti's statute of limitations.
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Its contracts were thus all technically unenforceable, frauds for which the statute of limitations has long since expired.
In February a court threw out a corruption case against him after the statute of limitations had expired.
The statute of limitations for wiretapping crimes is typically five years, according to CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin.
Three additional co-defendants were acquitted and four others were released because of a problem with the statute of limitations.
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But under Maine's statute of limitations he can only be prosecuted for those committed within the last six years.
What this economy really needs is a statute of limitations on intellectual denial.
Moreover, the duration of the tax statute of limitations hinges on filing returns.
Then, just before the three-year statute of limitations expires, he demands more time.
The statute of limitations on the case has not expired, the archdiocese said.
Prosecutors said there were at least 10 other victims, but the statute of limitations passed on many of them.
That law shortened the statute of limitations after which charges are time-barred, a provision that directly benefited Mr Berlusconi.
Instead, he has managed to use the statute of limitations to avoid trial.
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