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noun

Encumbrance n.

That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

(Law) Same as Incumbrance.

Synonyms: Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance.

Incumbrance n. (Written also encumbrance)

A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

(Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.

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Etymology of 'Encumbrance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Encumbrance" Quotes from Famous Books

... to visit the trenches water-bottles are a useless encumbrance, and, with a tired sigh, the wounded Tommy resumed his thirsty way in the direction ...

— No Man's Land • H. C. McNeile

... precipitate, and frightened the bird away," remarked Mrs. Fraudhurst. "But," continued she, after a moment's pause, "perhaps it is as well she has taken this step. Her presence here is now no longer necessary. You have the property without the encumbrance." ...

— Vellenaux - A Novel • Edmund William Forrest

... there is any secret—," Mr. Clemens once said to me, "is to create humour independent of local conditions. In studying humanity as exhibited in the people and localities I best knew and understood, I have sought to winnow out the encumbrance of the local." And he significantly added—musingly—" Humour, like morality, has ...

— Mark Twain • Archibald Henderson

... answered Mr. Ten Eyck. "Your mother's father left it to you. There is no encumbrance ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 • Various

... intrusted to give some instructions in the languages to the Lady, his daughter. If upon the death of Mr. Weckerlyn the Councell shall think that I shall need any assistance in the performance of my place (though for my part I find no encumbrance of that which belongs to me, except it be in point of attendance at Conferences with Ambassadors, which I must confess in my condition I am not fit for) it would be hard for them to find a man so fit every way ...

— Andrew Marvell • Augustine Birrell

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