New York adopted a special statute of limitations for victims of sexual crimes in 2006â N.Y. Civil Prac. Law Â§213-c. The statute provides that actions for civil damages for defined sexual crimes, including sexual abuse of a minor, may be brought within 5 years of the acts constituting the sexual offense.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Wikipedia. Impanel. The act of the clerk of the court in making up a list of the jurors who have been selected for the trial of a particular cause. All the steps of ascertaining who shall be the proper jurors to sit in the trial of a particular case up to the final formation. impanel. v. to select and install a jury. impanel.
uk â /Ëen.treÉªlz/ us â /Ëen.treÉªlz/. âº the intestines and other inside organs of an animal or person, when they are outside the body: pig entrails. figurative The sofa's entrails (= pieces of material from inside) were sticking out in places. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.