accroaching

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• accroaching — v. take without authority, steal, usurp …   English contemporary dictionary

• Praemunire — (an error, from Latin præmonere, to pre admonish or forewarn), was an offence in English law that took its name from the introductory words of the writ of summons issued to the defendant to answer the charge, Præmunire facias A.B., c., i.e. cause …   Wikipedia

• accroachment — (əˈkrəʊtʃmənt) [a. Fr. accrochement, n. of action, f. accrocher; see accroach and ment.] The action of accroaching; usurpation; encroachment. In Phillips 1706, Bailey, Johnson, etc …   Useful english dictionary