Extent
Extent , adjective
[Latin extentus, past participle of extendere. See Extend.]
Extended. [Obsolete] — Spenser
Extent , noun
[Latin extentus, from extendere. See Extend.]
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.
2.
Degree; measure; proportion.
The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be.
3.
(a) (Eng. Law) 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.
(b)
(Eng. Law) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.