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. Comin. 130. · LI~ENARCH A, In Roman law. An of, fleer who had charge of a harbor or port. Dig. 50, 4, 18, 10; Cod. 7, 16, 38. LIMIT, 11. 'I:o mark out; to define; to flx 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 1IJ termed "limiting the estate." Brown. LIMIT, n. A bound; a restraint; a ct~ cnmscription; a boundary. Casler v. Con• necticut Mut. L., Ins. Co., 22· N. Y. 429. [s. 734]