Legal Definition and Related Resources of Enlarge
Meaning of Enlarge
To extend; as, to enlarge a rule to plead is to extend the time during which a defendant may plead. To enlarge means, also, to set at liberty; as, the prisoner was enlarged on giving bail.
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Synonyms of Enlarge
verb
- add to
- aggrandize
- amplificare
- amplify
- annex
- augere
- augment
- broaden
- build
- build up
- develop
- dilatare
- dilate
- distend
- elaborate
- enhance
- escalate
- exaggerate
- expatiate
- extend
- fatten
- fill out
- grow
- increase
- inflate
- intensify
- lengthen
- magnify
- make greater
- make larger
- multiply
- progress
- protract
- raise
- spread
- stretch
- supplement
- swell
- widen Associated Concepts: materially alter
- repair
English Legal System: Enlarge
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Enlarge :
(in land law)
To acquire further rights in land, thereby increasing one’s interest to some greater estate or interest. For example, a *tenant in tail may enlarge his interest into a fee simple by executing a disentailing deed (See entailed interest). A mortgagee in possession for 12 years may, by executing a deed, enlarge his interest into a fee simple free from the mortgage.
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