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