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What is a purpresture?

What is a purpresture? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The unlawful personal appropriation of public lands; wrongful encroachment on, or enclosure of properties belonging to the public (e.g. highways, sidewalks, forests, harbors).
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Under common law, a purpresture may result when a private property owner encroaches on private rights, but unlike nuisance, this encroachment need not be noxious.

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