encroachment
encroachment n. (1)侵占；侵犯 １对他人财产、权力或权利的侵犯；２指非法侵入他人不动产。在法律意义上,一般指非法侵占公路和可通航河流，以栅栏或围墙圈住其一部分，或建造建筑物伸入进去，虽未阻塞行道，但使其更加狭小；３在关于地役权的法律中，如果地役权人改变需役地，从而给供役地增加了额外的限制或负担时，即认为其实施了侵占行为。 (2)侵占物；蚕食地
ENCROACHMENT
encroachment
encroachment, n. 1. An infringement of another’s rights. 2. An interference with or intrusion onto another’s property (the court remedied the encroachment by ordering the defendant to cut down the tree limb hanging over the plaintiff’s yard). — Formerly also spelled incroachment. See TRESPASS. [Cases: Trespass 12. C.J.S. Trespass § 13.]