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Once the time allowed for a case by a statute of limitations runs out, if a party raises it as a defense and that defense is accepted, any further litigation is foreclosed.

However, most jurisdictions provide that limitations are tolled, or delayed, under certain circumstances.

Tolling will prevent the time for filing suit from running while the condition exists.

Examples of such circumstances are if the aggrieved party ( plaintiff ) is a minor, or the plaintiff has filed a bankruptcy proceeding.

In those instances, in most jurisdictions, the running of limitations is tolled until the circumstance ( i. e., the injured party reaches majority in the former or the bankruptcy proceeding is concluded in the latter ) no longer exists.