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A Chilean judge dismissed criminal charges because a statute of limitations had expired.

Federal prosecutors are seeking an indictment by January, those close to the investigation said, because a statute of limitations for some of the suspected crimes expires that month.

In 1997, a British request for his extradition was rejected by Brazil's highest court because a statute of limitations had expired.

The tax agency emphasized that it had pursued court action because a statute of limitations will expire on June 30, jeopardizing its ability to examine some of the oldest tax data.

An initial defense motion to have the charges dismissed because a statute of limitations had run out was rejected by Judge Kavanewsky but could be raised again on appeal.

Consider what the New York Times recently wrote: "Federal prosecutors are seeking an indictment by January, those close to the investigation said, because a statute of limitations for some of the suspected crimes expires that month".

In six, the charges lapsed because of a statute of limitations.Yet the el-Mahroug case is a serious threat.

But even if a return calls for a refund, it won't be paid if the return is filed more than three years after it was due, because of a statute of limitations, Mr. Block said.

But the Corriere della Sera, the paper that first spotted the loophole through which the leader of the Italian right might once again wriggle, pointed to a 1969 law that instructs judges to speed up cases that are at risk of lapsing during the summer break because of a statute of limitations.

But Gelli certainly had warm relations with the officers who carried out the 1976 coup in Argentina and was later shown to have played a role in the aborted "Borghese" coup of 1970 in Italy: before closing his inquiry because of a statute of limitations, the investigating magistrate ruled Gelli's involvement had been "objectively established".

Meanwhile French authorities took no action against Mr Strauss-Kahn for the writer's sex assault claims because of a statute of limitations.