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О римском правиле «эксцепция не подлежит действию давности»: к одному из разъяснений Пленума Верховного Суда РФ
The article analyses one of the positions formulated in the Ruling of the Plenum of the Supreme Court
(SC) of the Russian Federation No. 25 «On Application of Certain Provisions of Section I of the First
Part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation by the Courts», 23 June 2015. According to the
SC, limitation of actions does not apply to an objection by the defendant who refers to the invalidity
of a transaction from which the plaintiff derives his claim. The article explores the origin of the rule
in Roman law maxim «exceptio is not subject to the statute of limitation» and the possibility of its
application in modern conditions. It is argued that the SC’s interpretation is not related to the Roman
notion of exception. However, it should be supported with reference to modern Russian law.