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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

imprescriptible

English translation:

with no statute of limitations

Added to glossary by Evan Tomlinson
Mar 16, 2015 03:29
9 yrs ago
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Spanish term

imprescriptible

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general)
Context: "Legal States of Exception: Es un crimen imprescriptible y que no admite fianza alguna el atentado contra el orden constitucional o el Estado democrático por parte de un grupo armado, sea éste civil o militar"
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 with no statute of limitations
5 +2 imprescriptible
3 +2 not statute barred
4 +1 with no time bar

Proposed translations

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3 hrs
Selected

with no statute of limitations

In US English. "Statute-barred", if I'm not mistaken, refers to a crime that has passed its statute of limitations: so much time has elapsed that it can no longer be prosecuted. But imprescriptible means that this category of crime inherently has no statute at all: it can be prosecuted however much time has elapsed.

"Those crimes with no statute of limitations include murder, any crime punishable by life in prison, and embezzlement of public funds."
http://statelaws.findlaw.com/new-york-law/new-york-criminal-...
Peer comment(s):
agree lugoben
6 hrs
Thanks, lugoben :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Charles for your help."
+2
1 hr

not statute barred

It's a crime that is not statute barred.
Peer comment(s):
agree Billh : you were first
6 hrs
neutral Charles Davis : You were, but not statute barred means that the statute has not yet expired. Imprescriptible means that there is no statute: the crime can never be statute barred.
9 hrs
Interesting!
agree Sandro Tomasi : Yes, you were first. All answers the same, save for “imprescriptable,” where I agree Charles’ comments. Do not totally agree with Charles' comments to this answer, especially in context, which you have provided.
10 hrs
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+2
2 hrs

imprescriptible

Imprescriptibility: The state of being incapable of prescription.

Good luck!
Example sentence:

"In its legal nature, genocide is an <b>imprescriptible crime</b>, because its threat and its legacy have an enduring character"

"Muslims’ cohesion during the <b>state of exception</b> that was the <b>genocide</b> rests on the same causes which formerly marginalised them

Peer comment(s):
agree Billh : also good
5 hrs
Thanks, Billh! :)
agree Marina Ilari
7 hrs
Thanks, Marina! :)
neutral Charles Davis : Imprescriptible, in English, is almost always applied to rights. It is very rarely applied to crimes, though sometimes found in discussion of crimes against humanity. But it should not be used here.
9 hrs
Thanks! :)
neutral Sandro Tomasi : Never heard this term in lieu of (no) statute of limitations in US criminal.
10 hrs
Thanks! :)
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+1
3 hrs

with no time bar

Tom West II's ES>AmE Law dictionary: not subject to the statute of limitations

Indefeasible applies usually to an insurable interest or one in a trust or land.
Reference:

http://www.proz.com/?sp=gloss/term&id=1661402

Peer comment(s):
agree Charles Davis : You must have got in just before me
4 mins
Indeed. I think our prepositional phrase works stylistically better than dictionary-driven drivel.
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