Accroach
Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To attempt to exercise royal power. 4 Bl. Comm. 76. A knight who forcibly assaulted and detained one of the king's subjects till he paid him a sum of money was held to have committed treason on the ground of accroachment. 1 Hale, P. C. 80. In French Law. To delay. Whishaw.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To attempt to exercise royal power. 4 Bla. Com. 76. A knight who forcibly assaulted and detained one of the king's subjects till he paid him a sum of money was held to have committed treason on the ground of accroachment; 1 Hale, PI. Cr. In French Law. To delay. Whishaw.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. To attempt to without authority; to delay, v. Acorocher.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To encroach; to exercise power without due authority. To attempt toexercise royal power. 4 Bl. Comm, 76. A knight who forcibly assaulted nnd detained one of the king’s subjects till he paid him a sum of money was held to have committed treason, on the ground of aceroachment. 1 Hale, P. C. 80.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
3 To attempt, or assume, to exercise royal power.*
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
To exercise power Accusare nemo se debet, nisi to accuse himself, except before Accusator post rationabile se bene de omissione not be heard after a reasonable explained his delay.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Accroke. [Fr. accrocher, to hook, clasp, or grapple to; to pull or draw to.] To attempt to exercise. 4 Bl. Com. 76. 1 Hal. P. C. 80. 2 Reeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 451. 3 Id. 186. Accroaching of royal power was a usual charge of high treason anciently, though a very uncertain charge. 1 Hal. P. C. ub. sup. To exercise without authority; to usurp authority. Stat. 13 Ric. II. st. 1, 3 Reeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 197. To delay. Accrocher un proces; to stay the proceedings in a suit. Cowell. Blount.