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Bible Dictionaries
Limitation
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district.
(2):
(v. t.) The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.
(3):
(v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.
(4):
(v. t.) A limited time within or during which something is to be done.
(5):
(v. t.) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
(6):
(v. t.) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
(7):
(v. t.) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Limitation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/limitation.html. 1828.
