prescribir un delito
prescribe a crime
The phrase 'prescribir un delito' doesn't exactly translate to 'prescribe a crime' in English. In a legal context, it's closer to 'statute of limitations for a crime'. It refers to the legal principle that limits the time during which legal proceedings may be initiated for a particular offense. Once this time limit, defined by the statute of limitations, has expired, the claim or charge can no longer be validly prescribed or filed.
Example sentences using: prescribir un delito
El juez no puede prescribir un delito sin pruebas concretas.
The judge cannot prescribe a crime without concrete evidence.
This example is from the judicial context where the judge cannot declare a crime to be no longer legally prosecutable without concrete evidence. Prescribing a crime in this context means declaring it to no longer be legally prosecutable.
Aunque pasen muchos años, el asesinato no puede prescribir un delito.
Even if many years pass, murder cannot prescribe a crime.
This statement emphasizes that some serious crimes, like murder, are not subject to prescription - meaning they can be prosecuted no matter how much time has passed. The phrase 'prescribir un delito' is used in the context of the legal principle of prescription.
Según la ley, robo a mano armada puede prescribir un delito después de diez años.
According to the law, armed robbery can prescribe a crime after ten years.
This sentence refers to the fact that, according to a given law, the crime of armed robbery becomes unpunishable after a period of ten years. 'Prescribir un delito' here refers to the legal concept of a time limit after which a crime cannot be prosecuted.