Lĭm'it-ā'tion, n.
n. [Lat. limitatio, O. Fr. limitation, Pr. limitacio, Sp. limitacion, It. limitazione. See LIMIT, v. t.]
Sense 1. The act of bounding or circumscribing.
Sense 2. The condition of being limited, restricted, or circumscribed; restriction.
Am I yourself But as it were in sort and limitation? Shak.
Sense 3. The means of limiting or circumscribing, qualifying or restricting; hence, restraining conditions, defining circumstances, or qualifying conceptions; as, limitations of thought.
Sense 4. A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they exercised their functions in such a district. Latimer.
Sense 5. (Law.) (a.) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit. (b.) Settling an estate or property. Wharton. Bouvier.