restriction (restrikshon)

[OF. restrinc tion, F. restriction = Pr. restriccio = Sp. restric cion = Pg. restricção = It. rest riz i one, gere, pp. restrict us, restrain: see restrict and re straint.] 1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted; limitation; d; limitation; confinement within bounds: as, grounds open to the public without restriction. This is to have the same restriction with all other recreations, that it be made a divertisement, not a trade. Government of the Tongue. There is, indeed, no power of the Government without restriction; not even that which is called the discretionary power of Congre . Calhoun , Works, I. 253. 2. That which restricts; a restraint: as, to impose restrictions on trade. Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed. A. Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 25. 3. Reservation; reserve.-4. In logic: ( a ) The act of limiting a proposition by a restrictive particle. (b) The inference from a universal to a particular proposition, or to one in which the subject is narrower while the predicate remains the same: as, all crows are black, hence some white crows are black. The example illustrates the danger of such inference. - Bilateral restriction. See bilateral. — Chinese Restriction Act. See act. - Mental restriction. Same as mental reservation (which see, under reservation ). - Real restriction, the use of words which are not true if strictly interpreted, but which contain no deviation from truth if the circumstances are considered: as in the statement that every particle of matter is present in every part of space, in so far as its gravitating power is concerned. restriction ary (re-strik's hon-ā-ri), a. [ Lincoln...often had occasion...to show that he was not an abolitionist, but a slavery restrictionist . N. A. Rev. , CXL. 237. IMG:content-2098.png:[blocks in formation] Book of Quinte E ence (E. E. T. S.), p. 14. I applied a plaister over it, made up with my common restrictive powder. Wiseman , Surgery. 2. Having the property of limiting or of expre ing limitation: as, a restrictive particle or clause.-3. Imposing restrictions; operating through restrictions. It were to be wished that we tried the restrictive arts of government, and made law the protector, but not the tyrant of the people. Goldsmith, Vicar, xxvii. In the Senate so reconstituted was thus centred a complete restrictive control over the legislation and the administration. Froude, Cæsar, p. 87. In the eighth year of Henry VI. was pa ed the re strictive act which established the rule that only resident persons po e ed of a freehold worth forty shillings a year should be allowed to vote. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 368. 4. Expre ing a restriction, or involving a restriction, in the logical sense. IMG:content-2099.png:[blocks in formation] Wiseman , Surgery, vi. 6. restrictively (rē-strikʼtiv-li), adv . In a restrictive manner; with limitation. Dr. H. More . restrictivene (rē-striktiv-nes), n . The state or character of being restrictive. Fuller. restrike (re-strik′), v. t. [ These coins belong to the age of Timoleon, and are re struck over coins of Syracuse with the head of Zeus Eleutherios. B. V. Head , Hist or i a Numorum, p. 125. 5117 rest rin get (re-strinj'), v. t. [ The dyers use this water in reds, and in other colours wanting restringency . Sir W. Petty , in Sprat's Hist. Roy. Soc., p. 293. A proposition restring end (re-str in'jend), n. destined to be restricted. =