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Jun. 7, 2007
A Brief History of Time Limits
Focus Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - Professor Daniel Jacobson explores the long, rich history of time bars, from Renaissance England to modern-day statutes of limitation and statutes of repose.
By Daniel Lee Jacobson
"Time heals griefs and quarrels." Blaise Pascal, French philosopher 1623-62.
A Short History of Time Bars
Perhaps it is fitting that Pascal was born in 1623, the year of the enactment of England's first statute of limitations for in personam actions. That law, the Limitations Act of 1623, has b...
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