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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; not exceeding in quantity; inside the limits of; not going outside of; not beyond or exceeding. 150 111. 634.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In the limits or compass of. 54 Ala. 531. It may be used in the sense of in or at the end of. Adams v. Cummiskey, 4 Cush. (Mass.) 420.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A statute prescribing that executions shall be returnable " within authorize a return at any time during the period designated upon which the creditor can found proceedings predicated upon return of an execution unsatisfied. Adams V. Cummisl^ey, 4 Cush. 420. When time is spoken of, any act is " within " the time named that does not extend beyond it. Sanborn v. Fireman's Ins. Co., 16 Gray, 448. When used as to place and time, in a statute, within means not beyond. Lerert V. Read, 54 Ala. 529. A delivering up of a poor debtor on the thirtieth day from his arrest, although not leaving time to give the statutory notice within that time, is no breach of a recognizance to deliver up " within thirty days." City Nat. Bank of Manchester ». Williams, 122 Mass. 534.