单词 | purpress |
释义 | † purpressv. Scots Law. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To commit purpresture; to enclose or encroach upon land illegally. Also transitive. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (intransitive)] > trespass trespassc1455 purpress1500 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (transitive)] > wrongfully seize or occupy disseisec1330 usurpc1400 oust1420 purpress1500 disseisin1548 invade1617 redisseise1628 1500 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 218 Becaus the said landis of Reydgothine ar purpresit be diuers nychtbouris to the landis marchand with thaim for inbryngyng..of the samyne and lauboryng of thaim..with husbande men. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 444 Sic ane man, beand my tenent and vassal, purpressis and usurpis aganis me, that is his over-lord, of sic land is, in sa far as he has causit eare, teill and saw my landis of N. or has biggit upon thame in sic ane place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1500 |
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