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n. One that encumbers; a burden or impediment.

n. Law A lien or claim on property.

n. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.

n. an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

n. That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See incumbrance.

n. Same as Incumbrance.

n. The act of encumbering, or the state of being encumbered.

n. That which encumbers, burdens, or clogs; anything that impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; an obstruction or impediment; an embarrassment.

n. Specifically In law, a charge or servitude affecting property, which diminishes the value of ownership, or may impair its enjoyment, so as to constitute a qualification or diminution of the rights of ownership.

n. A family charge or care; especially, a child or a family of children: as, a widow without encumbrance or encumbrances.

n. Synonyms Burden, check, hindrance, drag, weight, dead weight.

n. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

n. a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)

n. an onerous or difficult concern

"But at this stage Hitler wished to avoid the "encumbrance" of the capital cities, with their huge and hungry populations, and believed that by dividing his strength between the north, where Leningrad was to be"

charge   

mesne encumbrances    covenant against encumbrances   

incumbrance   

impediment    check    burden    hindrance    clog   

impediment    incumbrance    liens    stumbling-block    nuisance    interloper    verbiage    drawback    easements    distraction