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Limitation   /lˌɪmɪtˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Limitation  n.  
1.
The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. "They had no right to mistake the limitation... of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the possible modes of existence in the universe."
2.
That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought. "The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and limitations all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable."
3.
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.
4.
A limited time within or during which something is to be done. "You have stood your limitation, and the tribunes Endue you with the people's voice."
5.
(Law)
(a)
A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
(b)
A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
(c)
A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation.
To know one's own limitations, to know the reach and limits of one's abilities.





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"Limitation" Quotes from Famous Books



... better regulation of Civil Establishments, and of certain public offices, and for the limitation of pensions, and the suppression of certain ...
— George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life • E. S. Roscoe and Helen Clergue
... Soldiers, every man; most having seen service, and many who have done gallant deeds. When I speak of them as soldiers, you will understand it in its true sense, Senor. With one or two exceptions, all have held commissions in our army, and with a like limitation, I may say all are gentlemen. The last revolution, which has again cursed our country by restoring its chronic tyrant, Santa Anna, of course threw them out; the majority, as myself, being proscribed, with a price set ...
— The Free Lances - A Romance of the Mexican Valley • Mayne Reid
... limitation on the part of the defence, the case came to trial. Everybody remembers it,—how for six weeks it was the daily food of Calaveras County; how for six weeks the intellectual and moral and spiritual competency of Mr. James Byways to dispose ...
— The Twins of Table Mountain and Other Stories • Bret Harte
... the words themselves, which are, 'Receive him that is weak in the faith'; wherein the Lord puts NO limitation in this text or in any other; and who is he then that can restrain it, unless he will limit the Holy One of Israel? And how would such an interpretation foolishly charge the Lord, as if he took care ONLY of those within, but not like care of ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... the United States is a limited government, and so is every State government a limited government. With us this idea of limitation spreads through every form of administration—general, State, and municipal—and rests on the great distinguishing principle of the recognition of the rights of man. The ancient republics absorbed the individual in the state—prescribed his religion and controlled his activity. ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 6: Andrew Johnson • James D. Richardson


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