1. Definition
Limitation refers to the effect of time on a legal right that thereby is reduced with respect to its existence or its enforceability. Limitation is based on the condition that someone has failed to assert his rights within a certain time-frame. It appears both in private law and criminal law, as well as in other areas of law, such as administrative law.
2. Private law
With the reception of ius commune, its traditional principles of usucaption were also developed, that is, the…