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LIMITATION

LIGHT-HOUSE

LIMB. A member of the human body. In the phrase "life and limb," the latter term appears to denote bodily integrity in general; but in the definition of "mayhem* it refers only to those members or parts of the body which may be useful to a man in fighting. 1 Bl. Comm. 130. LIMENARCHA. In Roman law. An of ficer who had charge of a harbor or port. Dig. 50, 4, 18, 10; Cod. 7, 16, 38. To mark out; to define; to fix the extent of. Thus, to limit an estate means to mark out or to define the period of its duration, and the words employed in deeds for this purpose are thence termed "words of limitation," and the act itself is termed "limiting the estate." Brown. A bound; a restraint; a cir cumscription ; a boundary. Casler v. Con necticut Mut. L. Ins. Co., 22 N. Y. 429. Restriction or circum spection; settling an estate or property; a certain time allowed by a statute for liti gation. In estates. A limitation, whether made by the express words of the party or existing in intendment of law, circumscribes the con tinuance of time for which the property is to be enjoyed, and by positive and certain terms, or by reference to some event which possibly may happen, marks the period at which the time of enjoyment shall end. Prest. Estates, 25. And see Brattle Square Church v. Grant, 3 Gray (Mass.) 147, 63 Am. Dec. 725; Smith v. Smith, 23 Wis. 181, 99 Am. Dec. 153; Hoselton v. Hoselton, 166 Mo. 182, 65 S. W. 1005; Stearns v. Godfrey, 16 Me. 160. —Conditional limitation. A condition fol lowed by a limitation over to a third person in case the condition be not fulfilled or there be a breach of it. Stearns v. Godfrey, 16 Me. 158; Church v. Grant, 3 Gray (Mass.) 151, 63 Am. Dec. 725; Smith v. Smith, 23 Wis. 176, 99 Am. Dec. 153. A conditional limitation is where an estate is so expressly defined and limited by the words of its creation that it cannot endure for any longer time than till the contingency hap pens upon which the estate is to fail. 1 Steph. Comm. 309. Between conditional limitations and estates depending on conditions subsequent there is this difference: that in the former the estate determines as soon as the contingency happens; but in the latter it endures until the grantor or his heirs take advantage of the breach. Id. 310.—Collateral limitation. One which gives an interest in an estate for a specified period, but makes the right of enjoyment to depend on some collateral event, as an estate to A. till B. shall go to Rome. Templeman v. Gibbs, 86 Tex. 358, 24 S. W. 792; 4 Kent, Comm. 128.—Contingent limitation. When a remainder in fee is limited upon any estate which would by the common law be adjudged a fee tail, such a remainder is valid as a contin gent limitation upon a fee, and vests in posses sion on the death of the first taker without issue living at the time of his death. Rev. Codes N. D. 1899, § 3328.—Limitation in law. A limi tation in law, or an estate limited, is an estate to- LIMIT, v. LIMIT, n. LIMITATION.

that purpose, without obstruction or obscu ration by the walls of adjacent or neigh boring structures. LIGHT-HOUSE. A structure, usually in the form of a tower, containing signal-lights for the guidance of vessels at night, at dan gerous points of a coast, shoals, etc. They are usually erected by government, and sub ject to governmental regulation. —Light-house board. A commission autho rized by congress, consisting of two officers of the navy, two officers of the corps of engineers of the army, and two civilians, together with an officer of the navy and an officer of engineers of the army as secretaries, attached to the of fice of the secretary of the treasury, at Wash ington, and charged with superintending the construction and management of light-houses, light-ships, and other maritime signals for pro tection of commerce. Abbott. A vessel serving the purpose of a light-house, usually at a place where the latter could not well be built. LIGHTER. A small vessel used in load ing and unloading ships and steamers. The Mamie (D. C.) 5 Fed. 818; Reed v. Ingham, 26 Eng. Law & Eq. 167. LIGHTERAGE. The business of trans ferring merchandise to and from vessels by means of lighters; also the compensation or price demanded for such service. West ern Transp. Co. v. Hawley, 1 Daly (N. Y.) 327. The master or owner of a lighter. He is liable as a common car rier. 1. Windows; openings in the wall of a house for the admission of light 2. Signal-lamps on board a vessel or at particular points on the coast, required by the navigation laws to be displayed at night. LIGIUS. A person bound to another by a solemn tie or engagement. Now used to express the relation of a subject to his sov ereign. Ligna et lapides sub "armorum" ap pellations non continentnr. Sticks and stones are not contained under the name of "arms." Bract, fol. 1446. A right of cutting fuel in woods; also a tribute or payment due for the same. Jacob. LIGHT-SHIP, LIGHT-VESSEL. LIGHTERMAN. LIGHTS. LIGNAGIUM. LIGNAMINA. Timber fit for building. Du Fresne. LIGITLA. In old English law. A copy, exemplification, or transcript of a court roll or deed. CowelL