Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hamper

A hamper or basket kept in the court of chancery where all writs relating to the business of a subject and their return were formerly kept.

verb

• arrest
• balk
• bar
• barricade
• bind
• block
• brake
• bridle
• burden
• check
• choke
• clog
• confine
• counteract
• cramp
• curb
• debar
• delay
• deter
• encumber
• estop
• fetter
• foil
• frustrate
• handicap
• hinder
• hold back
• impede
• impedire
• impedite
• implicare
• inhibit
• intercept
• interfere
• interrupt
• limit
• manacle
• muzzle
• obstruct
• oppose
• preclude
• prevent
• rein
• repress
• resist
• restrain
• restrict
• retard
• shackle
• smother
• stymie
• suppress
• thwart
• trammel
• undermine
• withhold Associated Concepts: hamper a prosecution

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