時効

じこう

statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription); becoming invalid or void after a set time

Common word

Meanings

Noun
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription)
becoming invalid or void after a set time
ageing; aging

Example sentences

この犯罪はんざいについては時効じこうが成立せいりつしている。

The statute of limitations has already passed for this crime.