Limitation
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Limitation
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Meaning of Limitation
In the law relating to real property , the limitation clause is the clause in the conveyance , will, etc., whereby the extreme period during which an estate or interest is to continue is specified. Thus, if there is a devise to A for life and then to B absolutely, this is a limitation of a life interest to A and the remainder to B.
Synonyms of Limitation
noun
barrier
block
circumscriptio
circumscription
clause
condition
constraint
curb
demarcation
determinatio
disallowance
prohibition
proscription
provision
qualification
reservation
restraint
restriction
specific confinement
specific curtailment
specification Associated Concepts: alternative limitations
collateral limitation
conditional limitation
contingent limitation
conveyance upon a limitation
estate upon a limitation
executory limitation
limitation of actions
limitation of damages
limitation of liability
limitation of time
limitation of warranties
limitation over
public debt limitation
special limitation
statute of limitations
tax limitation
words of limitation
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Translate Statute of Limitation from English to Spanish
Translation of Statute of Limitation , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Estatuto de limitación and other legal terms is available here.
Estatuto de limitación
Ley de prescripción
Limitation in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of limitation.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Limitation
(You may find limitation at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
late 14c., from Old French limitacion "restriction, legal limitation," and directly from Latin limitationem (nominative limitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of limitare "to bound, limit, fix," from limes "boundary, limit" (see limit; this term is also a noun.). Phrase statute of limitations is attested by 1768; it fixes and limits the period within which an action must be brought.
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