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Disturbance, annoyance; also the wrongful obstruction of the owner of an incorporeal hereditament in its exercise or enjoyment. There are five sorts of this injury, viz., disturbance of (1) franchise, (2) common, (3) ways, (4) tenure, and (5) patronage, 3 Steph. Com. As to compensation for disturbance under the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 9), see s. 12, ibid.