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Definition of Encroached
1. encroach [v] - See also: encroach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encroached
Literary usage of Encroached
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1883)
"corner of Mr John Harris' stable is encroached 4 inches. The north west corner
of Austin's garden fence encroached 4 inches. JENNER'S LANE. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"Whenever In any part of said city a street has been or shall hereafter be encroached
upon or obstructed by a fence or any in- closure, or by any building or ..."
3. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"... that the streets were not encroached on, that the balconies of the houses did
not project too far into the streets, that the rain from the roofs did not ..."
4. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1843)
"... encroached upon. Prou, profit. Pr tee, for their land. Ps, taken, more.
Ps dil ce qs, near unto, almost to. Pse, taken. Ptie, brought. P use, by turns. ..."
5. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"The said bishop's letters in behalf of his clergy, and his own jurisdiction,
encroached upon. The bishop of Lincoln in an ecclesiastical commission upon ..."
6. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... Cowley all the days of the week, and often encroached on his nights fur several
... encroached ..."
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