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Webster 1913 Edition

Purpresture

Pur-pres′ture

,
Noun.
[Probably corrupted (see
Prest
) fr. OF.
pourprisure
, fr.
pourprendre
: cf. LL.
purprestura
. Cf.
Purprise
.]
(Law)
Wrongful encroachment upon another’s property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.
[Written also
pourpresture
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Purpresture

PUR'PRESTURE

,
Noun.
In law, a nuisance, consisting in an inclosure of or encroachment on something that belongs to the public; as a house erected or inclosure made on the king's demesnes, or of a highway, &c.

Definition 2024

purpresture

purpresture

English

Alternative forms

Noun

purpresture ‎(plural purprestures)

  1. The unlawful personal appropriation of public lands; wrongful encroachment on, or enclosure of properties belonging to the public (e.g. highways, sidewalks, forests, harbors).

Old French

Noun

purpresture f ‎(oblique plural purprestures, nominative singular purpresture, nominative plural purprestures)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) purpresture; illegal seizure

References

Etymology

1150–1200, Middle English, from Anglo-Norman; alteration of Old French porpresure (enclosure, occupied space), from porprendre (to seize, occupy, enclose), from por- (for) + prendre (to take); from Latin prehendere.

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