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What does encumbrance mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word encumbrance? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
  2. (law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
  3. (law) One who is dependent on another.
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Not once had she ever felt she were a bother, or an encumbrance, or an unwelcome guest taken in because she had nowhere else to go.
Not content with his usual carryings-on, today I couldn't shift him out of the house without this multi coloured encumbrance.
We are also selling many gilets this autumn which allow people warmth with out the encumbrance of a jacket.
People should have clear title to their land and houses, and they should be able to buy and sell them without encumbrance.
The last thing I wanted was the encumbrance and stress of a long distance relationship as I wandered foreign lands.
There is one school I know about where it was clear children were there because their parents found them an encumbrance to their normal business lives.

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