0 the greatest length of time someone is allowed to spend doing something: --
1 a date or time by which something must be done or completed: --
a time limit expires Any documents submitted after the time limit expires will not be considered valid.
The National Business Conduct Committee may extend or shorten time limits prescribed by the Code for the filing of any papers.
set/put/impose a time limit (on sth) At present, legislation does not impose any time limit on the Revenue in terms of the time it takes to process an application.
a 30-day/12-month/5-year etc. time limit Section 11 of the Act provides a three-year time limit for personal injury claims.
a time limit for sth Current rules outline time limits for the tender offer.
a time limit for doing sth You should pay close attention to any relevant time limits for pursuing your statutory rights.
within a time limit If a deal is not reached within the time limit, the firms involved will set up an auction.
No time limit was set for either reconstructing for the output groups or answering extension questions for the nonoutput groups.
All participants completed the recall task before the 10-minute time limit.
The time limit used in both domains was 35 seconds.
The user selects his one or two most urgent problems or needs, small and achievable objectives are worked out and a time limit set.
No fixed questionnaire was administered, and no time limit was placed on discussion (an average duration of which was approximately 2 hours).
Technical work is required, and the time limit of 60 days to vote the budget is short.
This policy is quite effective because it was able to solve within the time limit!
The imposition of a time limit on prosecutions was, similarly, in theory not unreasonable.