A motorcycle dealership sold a new motorcycle to a 16-year-old teen on credit. For six months, the teen failed to make any payments, and the dealership filed suit to collect the amount outstanding. The court dismissed the lawsuit because the teen was a minor, and the statute of limitations had been __________________.

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Tolled. Tolling of a statute of limitations stops the running of the time period for filing suit until the defendant is no longer under the incapacity that tolled the statute. Common examples of tolling are the defendant's minority, imprisonment, or insanity. Here, the statute will be tolled until the teen reaches the state's age of majority.

A Motorcycle Dealership Sold a New Motorcycle to a 16-Year-Old