Limitations in United States

Limitations Definition

Of Actions. The statutory restriction of the time within which action may be brought. Of Criminal Prosecutions. The statutory restriction of the time within which indictment may be found for an offense. Of Estates..A circumscription of the quantity of time comprised in any estate. 1 Prest. Est. 25. The definition or circumscription, in any conveyance, of the interest which the grantee is intended to take. The term is used by different writers in different senses. Thus, it is used by Lord Coke to denote the express definition of an estate by the words of its creation, so that it cannot endure for any longer time than till the contingency happens upon which the estate is to fail. Co. Litt. 23b. In the work of Mr. Sanders on Uses, the term is used, however, in a broader and more general sense, as given in the second definition above. 1 Sanders, Uses (4th Ed.) 121 et seq. And, indeed, the same writers do not always confine themselves to one use of the term, though the better usage is undoubtedly given by Mr. Stephen in his note below cited. And see Fearne, Cont. Rem. (Butler’s note [n]; 9th Ed.) 10; 1 Steph. Comm. (5th Ed.) 304, note. For the distinctions between limitations and remainders, see “Conditional Limitation”; “Contingent Remainder.” Consult, generally, Angell, Ballantine, and Price, on Limitations; FlintoflF and Washburn on Real Property; Barbour and Bishop on Criminal Law.

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Of Actions. The statutory restriction of the time within which action may be brought. Of Criminal Prosecutions. The statutory restriction of the time within which indictment may be found for an offense. Of Estates..A circumscription of the quantity of time comprised in any estate. 1 Prest. Est. 25. The definition or circumscription, in any conveyance, of the interest which the grantee is intended to take. The term is used by different writers in different senses. Thus, it is used by Lord Coke to denote the express definition of an estate by the words of its creation, so that it cannot endure for any longer time than till the contingency happens upon which the estate is to fail. Co. Litt. 23b. In the work of Mr. Sanders on Uses, the term is used, however, in a broader and more general sense, as given in the second definition above. 1 Sanders, Uses (4th Ed.) 121 et seq. And, indeed, the same writers do not always confine themselves to one use of the term, though the better usage is undoubtedly given by Mr. Stephen in his note below cited. And see Fearne, Cont. Rem. (Butler’s note [n]; 9th Ed.) 10; 1 Steph. Comm. (5th Ed.) 304, note. For the distinctions between limitations and remainders, see “Conditional Limitation”; “Contingent Remainder.” Consult, generally, Angell, Ballantine, and Price, on Limitations; FlintoflF and Washburn on Real Property; Barbour and Bishop on Criminal Law.

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Elective Deferral Limitations and Tax Law

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Limitations and the International Trade Law

Limitations

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Limitations in the U.S. Code: Title 49, Subtitle IV, Part A, Chapter 107, Subchapter III

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating limitations are compiled in the United States Code under Title 49, Subtitle IV, Part A, Chapter 107, Subchapter III. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Transportation (including li
mitations) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Interstate Transportation of the US Code, including limitations) by chapter and subchapter.

Limitations

In Legislation

Limitations in the U.S. Code: Title 26, Subtitle F, Chapter 66

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating limitations are compiled in the United States Code under Title 26, Subtitle F, Chapter 66. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Tax Administration (including limitations) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Tax Limitations of the US Code, including limitations) by chapter and subchapter.

Limitations

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Limitations in the U.S. Code: Title 18, Part II, Chapter 213

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating limitations are compiled in the United States Code under Title 18, Part II, Chapter 213. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Criminal Procedure (including limitations) of the United States. The readers can further narrow their legal research on the topic by chapter and subchapter.

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• Limitations entry in the Dictionary of International Trade Law (Raj Bhala)
• Limitations entry in the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (Thomas Carson; Mary Bonk)
• Limitations entry in the Dictionary of International Trade
• Limitations entry in the Dictionary of International Trade: Handbook of the Global Trade Community (Edward G. Hinkelman)