'Pourpresture' definitions:
Definition of 'Pourpresture'
From: GCIDE
- Pourpresture \Pour*pres"ture\ (?; 135), n. (Law) See Purpresture. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pourpresture'
From: GCIDE
- Purpresture \Pur*pres"ture\, n. [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.] [1913 Webster]