When the bringing of an action is stayed by an injunction or other order of a court of justice, or by statutory prohibition, the time of the stay may not be computed as a part of the period within which the action must be brought.
D.C. Code § 12-304
Actions stayed by court or statute
Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 511, Pub
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