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Molestation

Molestation. In questions arising out of trade disputes, molestation may be

molest 1 : to annoy, disturb, or persecute esp. with hostile

One who molests

from the latin word 'infestate' which meant 'to assail or molest'. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (Volume V at page

The act of molesting or the state of being molested disturbance annoyance

flags they bear; and that they are not to be molested by the ships of any other power at war with

privilege free from the payment of toll, on their being molested therein, Fitz. N.B. 226

molestando, a writ that lay for a person who was molested contrary to the king's protection granted to him, Reg. Brev.

land whereof he disseised another, that he should not be molested in assize for damages, if the disseisor had wherewith to

sexually abused