XPost: aus.legal, misc.legal, uk.legal   
   From: not@this.address.com   
      
   The Todal wrote:   
   > "¦ Reality Check© ¦"  wrote in message   
   > news:7avm62F21d9haU1@mid.individual.net...   
   >>   
   >> "james"  wrote in message   
   >> news:MF72m.1929$NF6.1565@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...   
   >>> If A lends money to B and B does not pay it back. When the statue of   
   >>> limitation runs out, A can no longer sue B for the money. But can A   
   >>> still claim that B owes him money, like by telling B's friends,   
   >>> neighbors, and co-workers, to shame B into paying back the loan?   
   >   
   > Yes   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>> If a thief steals a famous painting, can he hide it for a few years   
   >>> until statue of limitation runs out, and then take it out and sell   
   >>> it openly and legally?   
   >   
   > Not in the UK.  There is no criminal statute of limitations in the UK   
   > so you can be prosecuted for offences committed many years ago.   
      
   Only if the thief is subject to UK criminmal law.  So far as the private   
   sale is concerned, the question is resolved by the terms of the statute and   
   the law of the place of the sale.  It's a matter of property law, not the   
   criminal law.   
      
   Generally, it is assumed that most countries will not allow their law to   
   operate to assist thieves in their criminal activities.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> And where will the statue run to? Ellis island ?   
      
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