Limit
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A bound, a restraint, a circumscription, a boundary. Casler v. Ins. Co., 22 N. Y. 429. See 11 C. B. N. S. 6.37. In a deed the words limit and appoint may operate as words of grant so as to pass a reversion; 5 Term 124.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
v. To mark out; to define; to fix the extent of. Thus, 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." Brown.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To define, indicate or mark out the extent or duration of.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
o To mark out; to define; to fix the extent of. ‘Thus, to limit an estate meuns to mark out or to define the period of its duration, and the words employed in deeds for this purpose are thence termed “wards of limitation,” and the act itself is termed “limiting the estate.” Brown.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
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. Brown.