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Encroachment   /ɛnkrˈoʊtʃmənt/   Listen
noun
Encroachment  n.  
1.
The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. "An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment."
2.
That which is taken by encroaching on another.
3.
(Law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.





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"Encroachment" Quotes from Famous Books



... plunged his country in distress and dismay, and the States-general had again made an earnest tender of their sovereignty to Elizabeth. She once more declined it, from the same motives of caution and anxiety to avoid the imputation of ambitious encroachment on the rights of neighbouring princes, which had formerly determined her. But more than ever aware how closely her own safety and welfare were connected with the successful resistance of these provinces, she now consented to send over an army to their succour, and to grant them supplies ...
— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin
... brace the wearied nerves, but the wearied nerves are braced nevertheless. The sand is soft and clean to extend one's length upon, and the waves forever rolling up at one's feet are soothing in their monotony. There is no fear of the encroachment of the water, no fear of its leaving a bare mud-flat for nearly a mile; and the unlimited expanse of blue which meets the horizon satisfies the eye, which cares not if the land on the other side be hundreds or thousands of miles away, ...
— The Making of Mary • Jean Forsyth
... they would give a good pretense for establishing a large military force in the colonies. As between friends, he said, every affront is not worth a duel, so "between the governed and governing every mistake in government, every encroachment on right, is not worth a rebellion." So he thought that an "immediate rupture" was not in accordance with "general prudence," for by "a premature struggle," the colonies might "be crippled and kept down another age." No one, however, was more resolute than he that the mistakes and encroachments ...
— Benjamin Franklin • John Torrey Morse, Jr.
... each committee enjoyed their own conversation apart, without any danger of encroachment; and all were so intent upon their several topics, that they scarce allowed themselves a small interval in viewing the desolation of Menin, as they passed through that ruined frontier. About twelve o'clock they arrived at Courtray, ...
— The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I • Tobias Smollett
... me that this condition suggests such an encroachment upon the retired list of the Army as should lead to the virtual abandonment ...
— Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 8, Section 2 (of 2): Grover Cleveland • Grover Cleveland


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