Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PUR'PRES-TURE
PUR'PRES-TURE, n. [from Fr. pour and prendre, pris, to take.]
In law, a nuisance, consisting in an inclosure of or encroachment on something that belongs to the public; as a house erected or inclosure made on the king's demesnes, or of a highway, &c. Blackstone.
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