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encroachment

the act of intruding gradually and without permission upon the rights, land or other possessions of another. Encroachment is often used to describe the spread of one type of neighborhood into an adjoining but different type of neighborhood. A change made to one property may encroach upon the rights or value of a second property.

Source : U.S. Department of the Treasury

Language : English

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