prescription, of statutory limitation Capitant Of a thing or right, incapable of being acquired or lost by prescription, e.g. a public highway, the right to bring criminal proceedings; in the latter connection, offences are sometimes described as imprescriptible, e.g. the crime of genocide shall be imprescriptiblewhich can also be expressed as no prescription/statutory limitation shall apply to the crime of genocide, proceedings for genocide shall not be time-barred; Black Means any form of deprivation of liberty, whether ordered as a preventive measure before sentence or imposed as a punishment; note the usage imprisonment for sjs months, for a terw not exceeding six months, for (a term of) 6 to 12 months, he served two months' imprisonment EN: imprisonment for failure to pay a fine or other sum of money ordered by a Crown Court or (MCA 1980, 82, 92) a magistrates' court to be paid F incarcération pour non-paiement de dette 5 - 566 - improcedente E inadmissible F irrecevable - improper S impugnar E to challenge - to impeach* F contester F imputable E imputable S imputable F imputabilité E imputability S imputabilidad S imputado (AR. BO, UY) E accused - defendant F inculpé - prévenu S imputar 1. der. civ. y com. 2. término general; (der. pen.) término técnico E 1. to deduct* - to charge** - to debit** - to appropriate*** - ? to credit**** 2. to impute - to ascribe - to charge* - to accuse** F 1. imputer 2. imputer* - accuser** - inculper** VCLT 42 *VCLT 42: the validity of a treaty or the consent of a party to be bound by a treaty VCLT 42 LT 1982 DA62c2 Ossorio Sustantivo; BO CPP 60, UY CPP 69, 164 UY: after committal for trial; note 1 V. note F au mot acusado 1. 