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Civil suits are torts, where there is not much specific, just guidelines for how torts are resolved. A tort is still a tort even if no specific law makes it act
by tamana 11y ago
Civil suits are torts, where there is not much specific, just guidelines for how torts are resolved. A tort is still a tort even if no specific law makes it actionable.
By analogy, burglary is illegal, with a statute of limitations. If the statute of limitations change, you can't say "don't prosecute me, when I robbed the guy the law said I would be clear if I hid for 7 years"
- evanb 11y agoThat was not my understanding of statute of limitations. Suppose I committed a burglary 10 years ago, and I am out of jeopardy because the statute of limitations has kicked in. Now legislation extends the statute of limitations to 50 years. I am again at risk of indictment? Or the new statute of limitations only binds to burglaries that happen after the law extending to 50 years is enacted?