You have stood your limitation, and the tribunes Endue you with the
people's voice.
Shak.
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. Wharton. Bouvier.
To know one's own limitations, to know the reach and limits of one's
abilities. A. R. Wallace.
Lim"it*ed (lm"t*d), a. Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed;
restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited.
Limited company, a company in which the liability of each shareholder
is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be
called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] Mozley
& W.
Lim"it*ed*ly, adv. With limitation.
Lim"it*ed*ness, n. The quality of being limited.
Lim"it*er (-r), n. 1. One who, or that which, limits.
2. A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was
limited to a certain district. [Formerly written also limitour.]
Chaucer.
A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation,
preached many times, and had but one sermon at all times.
Latimer.
Lim"it*ive (-v), a. Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed
to limit existing powers. [R.]
Lim"it*less, a. Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's
Pilgr.).
Lim"it*our (-r), n. See Limiter, 2.
Lim"mer (-mr), a. Limber. [Obs.] Holland.
Lim"mer, n. [F. limier. See Leamer.] 1. A limehound; a leamer.