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statute

[stach-oot, -oot] / ˈstætʃ ut, -ʊt /


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In Texas, legal malpractice claims are generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations, although certain exceptions may extend the filing deadline.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Years later, after the statute of limitations had expired, the three actual perpetrators — Steward, Bailey and Teamer — all confessed, according to the center.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

A Kentucky statute required they sue those who had given authority for the rezoning: their own neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Furthermore, federal courts have typically given the president broad discretion in implementing the statute.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

As a matter of fact this might violate a federal statute; he tried to remember the relevant law, found he could not.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Flaherty that prediction-market contracts are “swaps” under the Commodity Exchange Act, and that therefore federal law pre-empts state gambling statutes from reaching these markets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

He added that federal banking laws such as anti-money-laundering rules and consumer protection statutes will be “directly applicable and enforceable.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Another is the existence of relatively new statutes that support growing schools of the Atlantic menhaden, an oily fish with a variety of industrial uses like commercial bait and omega-3 supplements.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Infantino will be able to stand again, even though Fifa statutes limit the president to a maximum of three terms.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

At the time, statutes governing electronic surveillance were nebulous, and Burns was an avid user of a Dictograph—a primitive listening device that could be concealed in anything from a clock to a chandelier.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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