time limit

a period of time within which an action or procedure must be done or completed.

Origin of time limit

First recorded in 1875–80

No orders are given when we land, and we study countenances and actions to guess the time-limit of our tether.

The New North |Agnes Deans Cameron
There should be a time-limit on martyrdom, and mine anyhow is up.

Frenzied Finance |Thomas W. Lawson
No time-limit had been set to Tabs' visit; his original reason for coming to Dawn Castle was exhausted.

The Kingdom Round the Corner |Coningsby Dawson
This is a usual interval when the Incarnate God is given a time-limit.

The Witch-cult in Western Europe |Margaret Alice Murray

Was it because he knew there was some trick about the time-limit?

Hiram The Young Farmer |Burbank L. Todd