Indefinite
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INDEFINITE. That which is undefined; uncertain.
INDEFINITE, NUMBER. A number which may be increased or diminished at
pleasure.
2. When a corporation is composed of an indefinite number of persons,
any number of them consisting of a majority of those present may do any act
unless it be otherwise regulated by the charter or by-laws. See Definite
number.
LEGACY, INDEFINITE. A bequest of things which are not enumerated or ascertained as to numbers or quantities; as, a bequest by a testator of all his goods, all his stocks in the funds. Lownd. on Leg. 84; Swinb. 485; Amb. 641; 1 P. Wms. 697.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.