Definition for statute-barred - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	statute-barred (statute-barred) adjective English Law (especially of a debt claim) no longer legally enforceable owing to a prescribed period of limitation having lapsed.		More words in this category affirm attorney damage feasant discharge ejusdem generis foreclose gravamen hearsay lawyer legal fiction lie detector litigate marriage certificate marshalsea nonsuit Test Act unsafe valid Nearby Words status bar status epilepticus status quo status quo ante status symbol statute statute book statute law statute of limitations statute-barred statutes at large statutory statutory declaration statutory instrument statutory order statutory rape statutory tenant Staubach, Roger staunch ¹