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prescrita

Prescrita is the feminine form of the participle prescrito and is used in legal Portuguese to describe a right or claim that has expired due to prescription (prescrição). The term is common in civil, commercial, and administrative law in lusophone jurisdictions. When a pretensão (claim) becomes prescrita, the creditor loses the legal remedy to demand satisfaction through courts, although the underlying obligation may still exist in some cases.

Prescription is the temporal rule by which the right to sue or demand in court lapses after

Relation to decadência: prescription (prescrição) and decadência are related but distinct concepts. Decadência refers to the

a
defined
period.
The
periods
and
rules
vary
by
jurisdiction
and
by
the
type
of
claim.
There
are
mechanisms
that
interrupt
or
suspend
prescription:
interruption
can
occur
through
acts
such
as
acknowledgment
of
the
debt
or
the
filing
of
a
lawsuit,
after
which
the
period
may
restart;
suspension
can
occur
in
defined
situations
(for
example,
incapacity
or
impediments)
and
pauses
the
running
of
the
period.
loss
of
a
right
to
exercise
a
particular
prerogative
due
to
the
inexorable
expiry
of
a
time
limit,
while
prescrição
concerns
the
extinguishment
of
the
remedy
to
enforce
a
right.
Some
claims
are
imprescritíveis
(not
subject
to
prescription)
under
certain
laws.
For
precise
rules,
consult
the
applicable
statute
or
civil
code
in
the
relevant
jurisdiction.