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