Relating to or having the quality of circumscribing; tending to limit or restrict.
From circumscript + -ive suffix, which creates adjectives meaning 'having the quality of' or 'tending to.' Derived from Latin circumscriptus.
A circumscriptive law is one designed specifically to set boundaries—like speed limit signs that exist purely to restrict how fast you can drive.
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