time-barred
English
Etymology
From
time
+
barred
.
Adjective
time
-
barred
(
not comparable
)
(
law
)
That can not be brought to court because the
statute of limitations
has passed.
Further reading
“
time-barred
”, in
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
Merriam-Webster
, 1996–present.