Lim"it*ed (lĭm"ĭt*ĕd),
a. Confined within limits; narrow;
circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very
limited.
Limited company, a company in which the
liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he
has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the
amount of his shares. [Eng.] Mozley & W.