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To gain unlawfully upon the lands, property, or authority of another; as if one man presses upon the grounds of another too far, or if a tenant owe two shillings rent-service, and the lord exact three. So, too, the Spencers were said to encroach the king's authority. Blount; Plowd. 94a. In the law of easements. Where the owner of an easement alters the dominant tenement, so as … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Vide Indorsement. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
When the donor of a power, who is the owner of the estate, confers upon persons not seised of the fee the right of creating interests to take effect out of it which could not be done by the donee of the power unless by such authority, this is called an "enabling power." 2 Bouv. Inst. no. 1928. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
An unlawful gaining upon the right or possession of another; as, when a man sets his fence beyond his line; in this case the proper remedy for the party injured is an action of ejectment, or an action of trespass. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In England, certain schools having endowments are distinctively known as "endowed schools;" and a series of acts of parliament regulating them are known as the "endowed schools acts." Mozley A Whitley. … [Read more...]