Extinctive prescription

In domestic law, extinctive prescription is the expiration of a legitimate inheritance as the result of prolonged failure to claim said inheritance.

[1][2] Extinctive prescription is enshrined in the United Kingdom by the Prescription Act 1832.

[3] The concept of extinctive prescription has mixed usage in international law, where it refers to the expiration of the right of a State to pursue claims if it fails to make an initial pursuit within a certain time-frame of the initial incident occurring.

There is, as of 2019, no agreed customary law about whether it exists (and to what degree) in non-stated cases.

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