Obs. [f. L. extent- ppl. stem of extendĕre to EXTEND.]
1. trans. To assess, make an assessment of, for the purpose of taxation. Sc. = STENT.
1424. Sc. Acts Jas. I., § 10. He sall cheiss lele men and discret … gif thai haif doune thair deuoir at the end of the taxacione; and that alsa mony personys as may sufficiently extent þe cuntre.
b. intr. To be assessed.
1583. in Maitland, Hist. Edin., III. (1753), 234. The Merchand, Prenteis, and sic Kynd of People as wer wont to extent with them … to pay at his Entrie … Threttie Shillings.
2. trans. To seize in satisfaction for debt.
1664. in Rec. Soc. Lanc. & Cheshire, XI. 41. Plaintiffs estate in Lowton and Newton ‘extented’ upon judgments at the suit of defendant.
