Enlarge
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To extend; as, to enlarge a rule to plead is to extend the time during which a defendant may plead. To enlarge means, also, to set at liberty; as, the prisoner was enlarged on giving bail.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To extend: as, to enlarge a rule to plead is to extend the time during which a defendant may plead. To enlarge means, also, to set at liberty: as, the prisoner was enlarged on giving bail.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
inlarge. To extend; to add In old law. To set at large; to release
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
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
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
To set at large, release from custody; to extend, to grant further time.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[from L. Fr. enlarger, q. v.] In practice. To extend; to add to; to grant further time. To enlarge a rule is to extend the timQ for a party to show cause under it. Holthouse.