The policy requires administrators to request a parent's consent before extending a student's stay in the program beyond three years.

It does not however, extend to private or local bills, nor bills extending the length of a parliament beyond five years.

The lifespan of goldfish in captivity can extend beyond 10 years.

While some terms of service could extend beyond twenty years, most commissioned ranks were much shorter.

"Even long-term incentive plans rarely extend beyond three years."

"The parties have agreed to keep open the prospects of continuing negotiations, which are designed to extend this contract beyond three years," he said.

In times of war, the Parliamentary session may extend beyond five years, but these extensions can be for no more than 12 months increments each time.

A normal lifetime of useful, skilled, well-directed adult effort did not extend much beyond fifty years.

There are escape valves, notably the states' option to extend benefits beyond five years for 20 percent of the caseload.

A year later, 1860, only 21 university law schools existed in the country, and, in no school, did the curriculum extend beyond two years.