Circumscription

01 n. An inscription written around anything.

1.
An inscription written around anything.[R.]
2.
The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
3.
The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.
“The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature.” — Johnson.

“I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine.” — Shak.