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limit 
n. (usually plural) a tract of forested land the bounds of which have been established by the government, which leases or sells the rights to fell and remove timber.
See also: timber limit (def. 1a)
- 1836 They entered into an agreement to effect the necessary improvements for the passage of timber . . . far beyond where others had previously obtained limits near the mouth.
- 1881 Limits are sold at the rate of $20 per square mile as bonus, $2 per square mile as rental, and five percent royalty on all timber cut and sold.
- 1964 In the fall the teams would move up the line toward the limits where the camboose camp was being built for the winter.
- 1836 They entered into an agreement to effect the necessary improvements for the passage of timber . . . far beyond where others had previously obtained limits near the mouth.