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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

To extend, increase, lengthen the time of; also, to set at liberty.

Enlarge an estate

To increase the tenant's interest. Enlarge an order or rule. To extend the time for complying with it.

1 Tickle V. Brown, 31 E. C. L. 91 (1836), Denman, C. J. !'2Washb. E. P. 42,48. » 1 Washb. E. P. 325; 4 Kent, 474, n. * Schuylkill, &o.

E. Co. v. Schmoele, 57 Pa. 273 (1868); To "enlarge" and to "extend" the time for taking testimony may have different meanings in a particular case. ^ Enlarging statuta. Extends a right or a remedy as it exists at common law.2