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/enˈkəmbər/,
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encumbered, past participle; encumbers, 3rd person singular present; encumbered, past tense; encumbering, present participle;
  1. Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult
    • - she was encumbered by her heavy skirts
    • - they had arrived encumbered with families
  2. Saddle (a person or estate) with a debt or mortgage
    • - an estate heavily encumbered with debt
  3. Fill or block up (a place)
    • - we tripped over sticks and stones, which encumber most of the trail
  1. restrain: hold back
  2. (encumbered) loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate"
  3. to load down something with a burden; to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment; to add a legal claim or other obligation
  4. (encumbered) Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
  5. (Encumbered) This refers to a situation where an asset which is owned by one individual or entity has a legal claim on it by another.  For example a mortgage.
  6. (Encumbered) to reserve, set aside, or otherwise earmark the impact fees by contract to pay for commitments, contractual obligations, or other liabilities incurred for public facilities as set out in an adopted Capital Facilities Plan.
  7. (encumbered) A List is consider encumbered if others are pointing to it with potential intent to update it further, of if the others would freak if the list were further updated. Encumbered Lists need to to be cloned before passing them on the break the encumbrances.
  8. (encumbered) In governmental accounting, the estimated cost of a purchase is often subtracted from the appropriation even before the goods or services are delivered. That is, the estimated amount is subtracted when order. The purpose is to prevent overspending vis a vis the appropriation.
  9. To burden a parcel of land with a lien or charge, e.g., a mortgage.
  10. The act of burdening a Pinelands Development Credit with a financial liability, such as pledging a PDC as security or collateral for a loan.
  11. To burden property by way of a charge that must be removed before ownership is free and clear.
  12. To charge or mortgage; to create a burden on land such as an easement.,
  13. To place a claim, lien, charge or liability on property (e.g., mortgage, judgment lien, mechanic's lien, security interest).
  14. To burden the title to real property with a claim, right or lien held by someone other than the owner.
  15. To put burden as with a heavy load.