a statute prescribing the time period during which legal action can be taken

the statute of limitations has run out for those who merely carried out orders.

对于那些仅仅是执行命令的人的定罪期限也过了。

the others have all been dropped, because of the statute of limitations or the immunity rule.

而其他各案均因诉讼时效或豁免权的法规，而已经被撤销。

others have been shelved because of the statute of limitations or because of the presidential immunity that mr chirac enjoyed until 2007.

其他的调查都或因法律限制或因总统豁免权（希拉克先生享有此特权直到2007年）而被推迟或取消。

for the others, the statute of limitations has expired or prosecutors have said there is not enough evidence.

对于其他的，有些已过了诉讼时效或检察官认为没有足够证据。

congress is considering a bill that would cap awards and lawyers「 fees and put a three-year statute of limitations on medical-malpractice claims.

国会正考虑限制裁定额和律师费，并提出一项法案限制失当医疗赔偿。

but allegations of bribery could not be confirmed, he said, and anyway the statute of limitations had expired.

然而同时他说对于贿赂的据称并没有得到证实，而且不管怎样，对限制的规定已经名存实亡。

the rest have fallen foul of switzerland」s five-year statute of limitations for such crimes.

其余的则与瑞士对此类罪行为期5年的时效法规相沖突。

when i asked if he thought the police would eventually drop their investigation, he said, 「there's no statute of limitations on murder.

当我问他是否警察最终会结束调查时，他说，“谋杀案（调查）是没有时间限制的。」

haiti has no statute of limitations for misappropriation of public funds, and international law holds that crimes against humanity can always be prosecuted.

海地没有任何侵吞公款的追诉时效，而国际法则主张违反人道的罪行随时可以起诉。

but in massachusetts, theft and general theft of electronic data, as the statute of limitations for prosecution of 6 years.

但是，在马萨诸塞州，盗窃和盗窃一般的电子数据，作为限制为6年起诉的章程。

the other school members were never apprehended and it is unlikely they will be, as the statute of limitations has, or will soon, run out.

其他学派成员则始终逍遥法外，并且很可能再也不会伏法：因为即使诉讼权限还未超出，也所剩无多了。

but cheney has said 「the statute of limitations has expired」 on many of his secrets.

不过，切尼说过，他的许多秘密「限制期已过」。

like almost every other crime, there is a statute of limitations on bad taste.

就如同其他犯罪一样，坏品位也有它的规定限期。

in 2003 california temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on civil claims, unleashing a flood of accusations dating back to the 1960s and 1970s.

在2003年加利福尼亚临时取消了关于民事赔偿的限制的法律条文，可以追溯到1960s和1970s期间的诉讼案件如洪水一样泛滥。

in our legal system, for example, procedural law specifies the length of a statute of limitations for instituting a lawsuit.

在我们的法律体系中，比如，程序法具体规定了提起诉讼的诉讼时效。

under italian law, defendants are allowed up to two appeals that must be held before charges are extinguished by a statute of limitations that, in this case, would come into effect next april.

根据意大利法律，被告有两次上诉机会，且必须在指控因时效限制终止前进行上诉，而在本案中，终止时间为明年4月。