The governor of New York may also prorogue the legislature of this State for a limited time; a power which, in certain situations, may be employed to very important purposes.
The legislature endeavoured, by prohibiting its culture for a limited time, to raise its value; but, Maryland refusing to concur in the measure, the attempt was unsuccessful.
The taxes which had been laid by the Dutch were collected, and duties, for a limited time, were imposed, by authority of the duke.
But though the free importation of them, which was lately permitted only for a limited time, were rendered perpetual, it could have no considerable effect upon the interest of the graziers of Great Britain.
This custom did not disappear without leaving as a survival the form of a general surrender for a limited time by which women had to purchase the right of monogamy.
The separate existence of pairs for a limited time is not out of the question, and even comprises the majority of cases in the group marriage of our days.
The cultivated land was assigned for use to the several families, first for a limited time, later for once and all.
It was proposed, he said, to place the slave for a limited time in an intermediate state of apprenticeship.
This motion was unsuccessful; and on the 15th the attorney-general moved for, and obtained leave to bring in a bill for continuing the suspension for a limited time.
When taken from dictation, seventy-five words a minute may be written, and in special cases, when copying from memory, a speed of 150 words a minute has been maintained for a limited time.
In the year 1798 Mr. Wilberforce asked leave to renew his former bill, to abolish the Slave-trade within a limited time.
He asked leave to bring in a bill for the abolition of the Slave-trade, but in a limited time.
This being the situation of things, Mr. Wilberforce, on the thirtieth of March, asked leave to renew his bill for the abolition of the Slave-trade within a limited time.
Not only the monarch who wears a hereditary crown, but the magistrate who holds his office for a limited time, grows fond of his dignity.
In republics, it is exercised during a limited time.
But these must be taken into the account, as well as threshing the corn for delivery, and unloading the store ships on their arrival; which latter work must always be completed within a limited time, pursuant to their charters.
A power "to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for a limited time, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
A Hebrew might sell himself on a limited time, and he might be bought by a wealthy neighbor, but no one, I believe, has ever pretended that he became a SLAVE thereby.
The Hebrews, under certain restrictions, were allowed to make concubines, or wives for a limited time, of women taken in war; Deut.
Parents possessed great authority over their children, and might sell them or their services, for a limited time, but this was not slavery.
It was universally demanded that the Estates General should meet at regular intervals of two, three, or five years, and should vote taxes for a limited time only.
These were securities with a limited time to run, payable from a definite portion of the future revenue.
They agreed also that all existing taxes were illegal, because they had not been allowed by the nation, and that such taxes should remain in force only for convenience, and for a limited time, unless voted by the legislature.
I do not believe that that is a "limited time" within the meaning of the phraseology of the Constitution.
But you get a year's copyright without ever doing that, and this bill would give a man a monopoly of a whole year on a speech never reduced to writing, and that is a "limited time.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "limited time" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
