Legal Definition and Related Resources of Enclosure
Meaning of Enclosure
See inclosure .
Enclosure Alternative Definition
Imports land enclosed with something more than the imaginary boundary line, that there should be some visible or tangible obstruction, such as a fence, hedge, or ditch, or something equivalent, for the protection of the premises against encroachment by animals. 39 Vermont 331. See “Close.”
Synonyms of Enclosure
noun
- arena
- barrier
- blockade
- border
- boundary
- bracket
- cincture
- circle
- circumjacence
- circumscription
- circumvallation
- confine
- confinement
- container
- containment
- custody
- edge
- embrace
- encasement
- encirclement
- enclosed space
- encompassment
- enfoldment
- envelopment
- fence
- fenced in area
- girdle
- immurement
- impoundment
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- insertion
- limit
- limitation
- perimeter
- pound
- receptacle
- restriction
- trammel
- walled in area
- wrapper
- zone
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Enclosure in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Imports land enclosed with something more than the imaginary boundry line; – some visible or tangible obstruction, as, a fence, hedge, ditch, or an equivalent object, for the protection of the premises against encroachment. A tract of land, surrounded by a fence, together with such fence.
Note: This legal definition of Enclosure in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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