limitation of action, time-barred (i.e., barred by the statute of limitations)

LIMITEDLY ADOPTED: extinctive prescription, negative prescription.
COMMENT: Foreldelse is the termination of a right as a result of not having been asserted or pleaded before the limitation period has run out. Foreldelse in AAL is viewed as processual. The right is not terminated, but the use of the courts to enforce the right is. Because of this, it is usual to speak of "limitation of action" (foreldelse av søksmålsadgang) rather than a limitation of the claim or right. Foreldelse is also referred to in Norwegian as preskripsjon.