Encroachment

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An unlawful extension of one's right upon the lands of another. An alteration by the owner of an easement of the dominant tenement, so as to impose an additional burden on the servient tenement. Gale, Easm. 615.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A gradual entering on and taking possession by one of what is not his. See 81 Wis. 313, 29 Am. St. Rep. 898, 15 L. R. A. 553, 51 N. W. 560.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An encroachment upon a street or highway is a fixture, such as a wall or fence, which intrudes into or invades the highway or incloses a portion of it, diminishing its width or area, but without closing it to public travel. State v. Kean, 69 N. H. 122, 45 Atl. 256, 48 L. R. A. 102; State v. Pomeroy, 73 Wis. 664, 41 N. W. 726; Barton v. Campbell, 54 Ohio St. 147, 42 N. E. 698; Grand Rapids v. Hughes, 15 Mich. 57; State v. Leaver, 62 Wis. 387, 22 N. W. 576.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

An unlawful another.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Fr. encrochement.] An unlawful gaming upon the rights or possessions of another. Cowell.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

an unlawful gaining upon the right or possession of another; as when a man sets his fence beyond his line, in this case the proper remedy for the party injured is an action of ejectment, or an action of trespass.: