statute of repose
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A law that sets a time limit for legal liability starting from the occurrence of a specified act (typically completion of a product or point of sale).
Example Sentences
- "Therefore, a plaintiff's cause of action may be extinguished by the statute of repose before the applicable statute of limitations time period expires, and a statute of repose may start running before a plaintiff's cause of action accrues."
- "Statutes of repose are a compromise of the interests of consumers on the one hand and of manufacturers and sellers on the other."
- "Although twenty-two states have adopted a product liability statute of repose, these statutes frequently provide little if any comfort to a product manufacturer. For a statute of repose to offer true repose, it must provide a basis for a defendant to move to dismiss or for summary judgment."