incumbrance

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English

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Etymology

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Variant of encumbrance.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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: [] [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.
  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)

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