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English
Etymology
Variant of encumbrance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/, /-bɹən(t)s/
Noun
incumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural incumbrances)
- Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”)
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: G. Fenton , →OCLC:I was then lying at length upon that very couch, the scene of Mr. H . . .'s polite joys, in an undress which was with all the art of negligence flowing loose, and in a most tempting disorder: no stay, no hoop . . . no incumbrance whatever.
- (property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
- (law) One who is dependent on another.
- a widow without incumbrances (i.e. without children)
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