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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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... by limitation at 12 o'clock on the 4th, thirty-six hours later. If Mr. Johnson had vetoed the bill, as under ordinary conditions it would have been his duty to the Constitution and to himself to do, its re-passage through the two Houses ...
— History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, • Edumud G. Ross
... a pigsty. 'When first I saw it I almost refused to occupy it; but really there is no help for it, and finally we took it for a year.' It is always difficult to secure premises in a Chinese town, and exceptionally so under the limitation of money and of suspicion and dislike to which Christian missionaries are always exposed. 'It is only a lodging for me,' Mr. Gilmour continues, 'convenient for seeing converts or inquirers. The court is much too small, and the place not sanitary. But don't be in the least ...
— James Gilmour of Mongolia - His diaries, letters, and reports • James Gilmour
... must be something behind all this outcry, for it is incredible that so many should err, among whom we have said there are a lot of serious and disinterested persons. Some act in bad faith, through levity, through want of sound judgment, through limitation in reasoning power, ignorance of the past, or other cause. Some repeat what they have heard, without, examination or reflection; others speak through pessimism or are impelled by that human characteristic which paints as perfect everything that ...
— The Indolence of the Filipino • Jose Rizal
... upon them willy-nilly. They believe that they know what is good for the world; they believe that the resources of the world were put here to be exploited by the people of the world, regardless of color, creed, or geographical limitation. They feel that they have as much right in North America as we have, and they purpose over-running us and making our country Japanese territory. And it was your purpose to aid in the consummation of this monstrous ambition," ...
— The Pride of Palomar • Peter B. Kyne
... that the above Act, aside from showing the rates in the new currency as compared with the old, provides for a greater limitation of the privilege of free transmission of newspapers, and also provides for the establishment of a ...
— The Stamps of Canada • Bertram Poole


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