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statute

[stach-oot, -oot] / ˈstætʃ ut, -ʊt /


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Rulemaking is intricate work, they said, requiring expertise in the subject at hand as well as in existing statutes, regulations and case law.

From Salon

The statute of limitations may be tolled if your father was mentally incapacitated and/or if the fiduciary concealed material facts from a co-trustee or executor and made false representations when settling the estate.

From MarketWatch

The statute says suits can be filed within two years of the “date of discovery” of the disclosure.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I do think the statute revives the claim."

From Barron's

Two: there is no statute of limitations on friendliness.

From Salon