EXTENT

Extended. [Obs.] Spenser.

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.

Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock.

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.

A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.