Limitation period
The period within which a claim must be brought, running from the day the right could first be enforced; once it has run, the debt is not erased but the debtor gains a defence that will end the case if it is raised.
IN PRACTICE
What it means in practice
The period is not one figure. It differs with the kind of claim — a loan, a sale, a wage, a tort, a claim on a judgment — and the starting day differs with it, so the first question in any file is which period applies and when it began. A Thai court will not apply limitation of its own motion: the defendant has to plead it. Acknowledgment of the debt and the filing of the claim affect the running of the period, which is why a partial payment or a signed reply can matter more than it appears.
THE TERM
The same term elsewhere
- ไทย
- อายุความ
- 简体中文
- 诉讼时效
- Governing law
- Civil and Commercial Code, on prescription
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