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Year and a day rule

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005284

A common law principle that stipulated a person could not be prosecuted for murder if the victim died more than a year and a day after the injury was inflicted. This rule was based on the difficulty of proving causation over extended periods. Most jurisdictions in the United States have abolished this rule.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005284
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A common law principle that stipulated a person could not be prosecuted for murder if the victim died more than a year and a day after the injury was inflicted. This rule was based on the difficulty of proving causation over extended periods. Most jurisdictions in the United States have abolished this rule.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/year-and-a-day-rule/"
}

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