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Abstract
This study deals with interruption of statutory time limits for civil claims. we suggest that the reason for granting an interruption of the statutory time limit is the manifestation of an intention to claim one鈥檚 right, instead of keeping silent about it. This rationale affords a useful guide for discerning between straightforward cases (like the filing of a lawsuit or the initiation of an executive procedure by the creditor) and more difficult ones (like the initiation of merely precautionary proceedings, or the lodging of a lawsuit that is turned down for reasons of lack of jurisdiction or of outright inadmissibility). The study also reviews the debtor-related causes for interruption, and particularly the requirements for the acknowledgement of a debt to yield an interruptive effect on prescription. Lastly, the study considers the effects of interruption, particularly concerning the determination of the point in time from which a new term is set to begin, after the cessation of the reason for interruption.
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