英语词汇“purpresture”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

purpresture

/pəːˈprɛstʃə/

Law

noun

1An illegal enclosure of or encroachment upon land or property belonging to another or (now only) to the public; an appropriation of land or property for private purposes.

Purpresture often affects roads, public waterways, etc., or, especially in the earlier period, royal, manorial, or common lands. In that period the offence was often not prosecuted but instead a rent was levied..

2A payment or rent due to a feudal superior for permission to enclose or build on land. Now historical and rare.

Origin

Middle English; earliest use found in Statutes of the Realm. From Anglo-Norman purpresture and Middle French (Normandy) pourpresture illegal enclosure of or encroachment on land or property belonging to another person or to the public, payment or rent due to a feudal superior for permission to enclose or build on land, further etymology uncertain.

单词	purpresture
释义	purpresture /pəːˈprɛstʃə/ Law noun 1An illegal enclosure of or encroachment upon land or property belonging to another or (now only) to the public; an appropriation of land or property for private purposes. Purpresture often affects roads, public waterways, etc., or, especially in the earlier period, royal, manorial, or common lands. In that period the offence was often not prosecuted but instead a rent was levied.. 2A payment or rent due to a feudal superior for permission to enclose or build on land. Now historical and rare. Origin Middle English; earliest use found in Statutes of the Realm. From Anglo-Norman purpresture and Middle French (Normandy) pourpresture illegal enclosure of or encroachment on land or property belonging to another person or to the public, payment or rent due to a feudal superior for permission to enclose or build on land, further etymology uncertain.
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