Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Engrossing

n. Hist. The practice of buying large quantities of commodities or merchandise 1vith the intent of gaining a monopoly and Aling them at a very high price. ( Engrossing gas a misdemeanor in England until 1834. also termed engrossment. See CORNERING THE MARKET. Engrossing . . . is the getting into one's possession, or buying up, of corn or other dead victuals, with intent to sell them again. This must of course be injurious to the public, by putting it in the power of one or two rich men raise the price of provisions at their own discretion." 4 dliam Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of Eng,2d 158 (1769).