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Definition of Encroachments
1. encroachment [n] - See also: encroachment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encroachments
Literary usage of Encroachments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"... can be dealt with as illegal, so in the matter of trees ;2T but where the
charter recognises the customary existence of technical encroachments such as ..."
2. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1878)
"PART I. Wealth of the Clergy — Its Sources — encroachments on Ecclesiastical
Property — their Jurisdiction — arbitrali ve — coercive — their ..."
3. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"What then is the legal status of the encroachments so commonly found in city
streets: signs, awnings, posts, porches, stands? If they obstruct the street, ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"Alleged encroachments. The doctrine of separation of powers does not limit the
power of the United States to make national decisions on international ..."
5. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... encroachments—Attacks of Illness in 1819—The Missouri Question-Jefferson's
Remarks on it in 1820 and 1821—Virginia University—Its History Published in ..."
6. The Works of John C. Calhoun by John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Crallé (1851)
"Indeed, to the measures then adopted and projected, almost all subsequent departures
from the federal character of the government, and all encroachments on ..."
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