EXTENT

Definitions

1. 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. 2. Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock.
3. 3. 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.
4. 4. A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.