Definition of Incumbering

1. Verb. (present participle of incumber) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incumbering

1. incumber [v] - See also: incumber

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incumbering

inculpations
inculpative
inculpatory
incult
incultivated
incultivation
inculturation
incumbencies
incumbency
incumbent
incumbent on(p)
incumbently
incumbents
incumber
incumbered
incumbering (current term)
incumberingly
incumberment
incumberments
incumbers
incumbrance
incumbrancer
incumbrancers
incumbrances
incumbrous
incumplidor
incunable
incunables
incunabula
incunabulist

Literary usage of Incumbering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"... unless the settlor's intention, as manifested in the deed of trust, is such as to preclude the beneficiary's parting with the title, or incumbering it. ..."

2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"A ferry is, 1n its extent, a diminution of the public right, incumbering public property by the grant of the franchise of exacting toll for passing over a ..."

3. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1820)
"Whether and how far a Prohibition to a Husband from disposing, alienating, or incumbering the Wife's Property, inserted in an ante-nuptial Contract, ..."

4. Ordinances of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York by New York (City), New York (N.Y.) (1859)
"... rates or fees of wharfage allowed by the 27th and 28th sections of this chapter. ARTICLE IV. OF incumbering THE SLIPS. ..."

5. A Compendium of the Law and Practice of Injunctions: And of Interlocutory by Robert Henley Eden Henley, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1852)
"Aid also from assigning, transferring, or in any manner incumbering, or disposing of, or intermeddling with, ..."

6. The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the (1847)
"I think this is a very fearful experiment tried, for the purpose of incumbering the estate. The demurrer must be allowed. ..."

7. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.). (1912)
"I. incumbering the Streets. 8 219. No person shall incumber or obstruct any street, roadway or sidewalk which has been opened, regulated or graded, ..."

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