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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

To extend time; to free; to release.

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

To make larger; to increase ; to extend a time limit; to grant further time. Also to set at liberty one who has been imprisoned or in custody.

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.