speed_limit has definitions from the field of law
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[ noun ] (law) regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Let me pass_over the trip to Sante_Fe with something of the same speed which made Mrs._Roebuck `` wonduh if the wahtahm speed_limit '' ( 35 m._p._h . ) `` is still in ee-faket '' .

Related terms

regulation

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