incumbrance
English
editEtymology
editVariant of encumbrance.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editincumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural incumbrances)
- 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: […] [Thomas Parker] for 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.
- (property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
- (law) One who is dependent on another.
- a widow without incumbrances (i.e. without children)
Translations
editburden — see encumbrance
interest, right, burden or liability — see encumbrance