Definition of "incumbrance"

incumbrance

/ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural incumbrances
1. Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”)
  Quotations
  I was then lying at length upon that very couch, the scene of Mr. H . .'s polite joys, in an undress which was with all the art of negligence flowing loose, and in a most tempting disorder: no stay, no hoop . . no incumbrance whatever.
  1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […]
2. (property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
3. (law) One who is dependent on another.