incumbrance

English

Etymology

Variant of encumbrance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/, /-bɹən(t)s/

Noun

incumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural incumbrances)

1. Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”)
   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:

     I was then lying at length upon that very couch, the scene of Mr. H . . .'s polite joys, in an undress which was with all the art of negligence flowing loose, and in a most tempting disorder: no stay, no hoop . . . no incumbrance whatever.

2. (property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
3. (law) One who is dependent on another.

   a widow without incumbrances (i.e. without children)

Translations

burden — see encumbrance

interest, right, burden or liability — see encumbrance