单词 | accroaching |
释义 | accroachingn. Now historical. 1. The act of acquiring or taking for oneself (esp. wealth or property). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] purchasec1325 gettingc1384 acquisitionc1400 accroaching?a1439 acquesta1456 encheving1470 obtaining1470 acquiring1531 procuring1532 obtainment1536 acquiry1549 conquest1556 acquist1613 assecution1615 obtention1624 acquirement1641 obtainal1803 obtainance1846 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 3985 (MED) Ther acrochyng of temporal richesse. 1991 C. C. Dyer in E. Miller Agrarian Hist. Eng. & Wales III. ii. 84 It was normal throughout the later middle ages for tenants to be presented for accroaching by ploughing an extra furrow or two across a boundary. 2. The seizing or usurping of sovereign power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > wrongful assumption of office or authority usurpmenta1470 usurpation1470 usurping1521 usurpa1647 self-assumptiona1658 accroaching1659 1659 W. Prynne Brief Necessary Vindic. 28 The accroaching and usurping of Regal Power, by the two Spencers..and others. a1676 M. Hale Historia Placitorum Coronæ (1736) I. xi. 80 Accroaching of royal power was a usual charge of high treason antiently, tho a very uncertain charge, that no man could well tell, what it was, nor what defense to make to it. 1770 Begining, Progress & Concl. Late War 2 In limited monarchies the wisest institutions will not suffice to preserve public liberty free from violation, and the usual accroachings of power. 1791 J. Ritson Jurisdict. Court-leet 6 The accroaching, or appropriating of rights royal, without warrant. 1825 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 138 This phrase [take upon them royal authority]..has kept its place in our law books since the time when almost every crime was included in the charge of accroaching, assuming, or usurping royal power. 1947 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. 7 167 Before the statute the interpretation of the common law depended much upon the opinions of the king and his judges as to how they wanted to view any ‘accroaching’ of royal power. 1970 J. G. Bellamy Law of Treason in Eng. in Later Middle Ages iv. 72 They asked for a declaration in parliament of what exactly the crime of accroaching included. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1439 |
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