Limitatio

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In old English law. Limitation; a limitation.

I. Limitation. Setting a bound or limit; a restriction. Words of limitation: words which define or limit the cbase, which name the grantee or grantees to whom the co Htsjance is made. Thus, those who take by consent take under the words of limitation; those who take by purchase, under the words of purchase; v. Descent, Purchase. Limitation of actions: a fixing of a term by law within which actions must be brought, or the right of action wiU be barred. The principal English Statutes of Limitation are the 21 Jac. I. c. 16 and 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 27. See also -37 & 38 Vict. c. 57. Limitation of estates: a limiting or determining an estate by an event, as to A so long as he remained unmarried. If there be a limitation over, which derogates from, or cuts short, the first estate granted, it is a conditional limitation; as, to A and his heirs, but if he marry, to B. If there be no limitation over, but the estate is cut short upon the happening of the event, it is an estate upon condition; as, to A and his heirs so long as he remain unmarried; V. Conditional limitation.