摘要/Abstract

时间是重要的法律事实，无论是公法上还是私法上法律效力的发生与消灭都与时间有关。同时民法上的时间不仅对实体权利在程序上的应用和保护进行控制，也是民事权利产生和消灭的界限。本文主要论述了法律上与时间有关的期日、期间、时效、除斥期间制度，对各个制度的概念、特点、相互之间的联系做了一个简单的归纳。作者认为，虽然时间的相关制度在表面上看来仅是一个法律工具，并无太大的实践价值，但仔细分析其本质会发现相关制度的变更是会对民事权利产生重大影响的。

The relationship between law and time is so close that it worthwhile to research.The prescription is an important civil law system,including positive prescription and negative prescription.It aims to restrict civil rights in order to protect social public profit and order.legislation about it is valued all over the world.Majority counties have more perfect prescription systems,but only the negative prescription was ruled by the P.R.C.Civil General Rules and relevant regulations in China.To a certain extent,the passing of limitation period causes the forfeit of right of claim.