No one may plead their own wrongdoing
General legal principle that no one may rely on their own unlawful acts to obtain a benefit or evade an obligation. Prevents, for example, a party who caused the nullity of a contract from invoking that nullity in their favour. Related to the doctrine of estoppel by conduct (venire contra factum proprium non valet).
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Extinction of a right or legal action due to the legally established time period expiring without exercise. In criminal law, it extinguishes criminal liability.
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