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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Encroach

ub. 1. To enter by gradual steps or stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass or intrude. 2. To gain or intrude unlawfully upon another's lands, property, or authority. - Formerly also spelled incroach.

Encroachment

n. An infringement of another's rights or intrusion on another's property <the court remedied the encroachment by ordering the defendant to cut down the tree limb hanging over the plaintiff's yard>. - Formerly also spelled incroachment. See TRESPASS.