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.
Definition of CASTANET. : a percussion instrument used especially by dancers that consists of two small shells of hard wood, ivory, or plastic usually fastened to the thumb and clicked together by the other fingers âusually used in plural. See castanet defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.