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<hw>Lim`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>limitatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>Limitation</ets>. See <er>Limit</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; <as>as, the <ex>limitation</ex> of his authority was approved by the council</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They had no right to mistake the <b>limitation</b> . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent <b>limitation</b> of the possible modes of existence in the universe. <i>J. S. Mill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; <as>as, <ex>limitations</ex> of thought</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and <b>limitations</b> all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Chaucer. Latimer.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A limited time within or during which something is to be done.</def>

<blockquote>You have stood your <b>limitation</b>, and the tribunes Endue you with the people's voice. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A restriction of power; <as>as, a constitutional <ex>limitation</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Wharton. Bouvier.</i>

<cs><col>To know one's own limitations</col>, <cd>to know the reach and limits of one's abilities.</cd></cs>

<i>A. R. Wallace.</i>

<h1>Limited</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"it*ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; <as>as, our views of nature are very <ex>limited</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Limited company</col>, <cd>a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <i>Mozley & W.</i></cd></cs>

<h1>Limitedly</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"it*ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With limitation.</def>

<h1>limitedness</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>lim"it*ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being limited.</def>

<h1>Limiter</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"it*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, limits.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>limitour</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>A <b>limitour</b> of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had one sermon at all times. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Limitive</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"it*ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Involving a limit; <as>as, a <ex>limitive</ex> law, one designed to limit existing powers</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Limitless</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"it*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no limits; unbounded; boundless.</def>