Encroach
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
encroach
[Anglo-French encrocher, probably alteration of acrocher to catch hold of, seize, usurp, from Old French, from a-, prefix stressing goal + croc hook]
: to enter esp. gradually or stealthily into the possessions or rights of another [es on an adjoining property]
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