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Webster 1913 Edition
Extent
1.
Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length;
as, an
extent
of country or of line; extent
of information or of charity.Life in its large
extent
is scare a span. Cotton.
2.
Degree; measure; proportion.
“The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be.” Lubbock.
3.
(Eng. Law)
(a)
A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.
(b)
A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Extent
EXTENT'
,Adj.
EXTENT'
,Noun.
1.
Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, compass; bulk; size; as a great extent of country, or of body.2.
Length; as an extent of line.3.
Communication; distribution.The extent of equal justice.
4.
In law, a writ of execution or extendi facias, commanding a sheriff to value the lands of a debtor; or extent is the act of the sheriff or commissioner in making the valuation.