Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (a.) Extended.

2. (n.) Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.

3. (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.

4. (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.

5. (n.) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.