Accroach
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
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.