Pourpresture

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pourpresture \Pour*pres"ture\ (?; 135), n. (Law)
     See {Purpresture}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Purpresture \Pur*pres"ture\, n. [Probably corrupted (see
     {Prest}) fr. OF. pourprisure, fr. pourprendre: cf. LL.
     purprestura. Cf. {Purprise}.] (Law)
     Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any
     encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be
     common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.
     [Written also {pourpresture}.]
     [1913 Webster]