Lat. Definition, or, more strictly, limiting or bounding; as In the maximof the civil law: Omnis definitio pcricu- losa est, parum est enim ut non subverti pos- sit,(Dig. 50, 17, 202;) I. e.. the attempt to bring the law within the boundaries of precisedefinitions is hazardous, as there are but few cases in which such a limitation cannot besubverted.