encumbrancer

[ en-kuhm-bruhn-ser ]

noun

, Law.

1. a person who holds an encumbrance.

encumbrancer

/ ɪnˈkʌmbrənsə /

noun

1. law a person who holds an encumbrance on property belonging to another

Word History and Origins

Origin of encumbrancer¹

First recorded in 1855–60; encumbrance + -er ¹

Example Sentences

With that charming simplicity and cunning, characteristic of the whelps of the vulgar rich, he proceeded to moneylenders, and at the date of the receiving order had created charges exceeding £430,000 on his reversion of such complexity that every mortgagee disputed the right of every prior encumbrancer.

From Project Gutenberg

The landlord entitled to require the State to purchase his property is the immediate landlord, that is to say, the person entitled to the receipt of the rent of the estate; no encumbrancer can avail himself of the privilege, the reason being that the Bill is intended to assist solvent landlords, and not to create a new Encumbered Estates Court.

From Project Gutenberg