Ex*tent" , n. [L. extentus, fr. extendere. See Extend.]
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.
Ex*tent" (?), a. [L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See Extend.]
Extended. [Obs.] Spenser.
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