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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
V. To fix the extent or length; to mark the end; to set a boimd. To limit an estate, means to mark out or to define the period of its duration; and the words employed in deeds for this purpose are thence termed words of limitation, and the act itself is termed limiting the estate. Thus, if an estate be granted to A for the term of his natural life, the words term of his natural life would be the words of limitation, and the estate itself would be limited to A for that period.
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