restriction

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RESTRIC'TION, noun [Latin restrictus.] 1. Limitation; confinement within bounds. This is to have the same restriction as all other recreations. Restriction of words, is the limitation of their signification in a particular manner or degree. 2. Restraint; as restrictions on trade.
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