Purpresture
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A taking wholly a Way
The act of a private individual in enclosing or building upon part of a common or public domain, and thus taking it away from the public. Purpresture in a forest signified any encroachment upon the king's forest, whether by building, enclosing, or using any liberty without a lawful warrant to do so.
Termes de la Ley
A purpresture may be defined as an enclosure by a private party of a part of that which belongs to and ought to be open and free to the enjoyment of the pubhc at large. It is not necessarily a public nuisance. A public nuisance must be something which subjects the public to some degree of into any inconvenience whatever.
Attorney- General V. Evart Booming Co., 34 Mich. 462.