encumbrances in English

noun

1

a burden or impediment.

So the chancellor would be able to govern for at least one whole legislative period unhindered by the encumbrances of federalism.

synonyms: hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment, constraint, handicap, inconvenience, nuisance, disadvantage, drawback, trammel, cumber, burden, responsibility, obligation, liability, weight, load, stress, strain, pressure, trouble, worry, millstone, albatross, cross to bear, ball and chain

noun

hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment, constraint, handicap, inconvenience, nuisance, disadvantage, drawback, trammel, cumber
burden, responsibility, obligation, liability, weight, load, stress, strain, pressure, trouble, worry, millstone, albatross, cross to bear, ball and chain
interference, hitch, hinderance, hindrance, preventive, preventative, incumbrance
load, incumbrance, burden, onus
incumbrance

Use "encumbrances" in a sentence

1. In their opinion ODF is free of legal encumbrances that would prevent its use in free and open source software, as distributed under licenses authored by Apache and the FSF.

2. 64.04.005: Liquidated damages — Earnest money deposit — Exclusive remedy — Definition.: 64.04.007: Owner-occupied real property — Release of security interest — Outstanding debt — Notice to borrower — Definition.: 64.04.010: Conveyances and encumbrances to be by deed

3. Covenantee and the Covenantee’s future owners, encumbrances, and their successors, heirs, or assignees and shall continue in effect until the Superintendent of Building of the City of Los Angeles determines the offsite parking spaces covered by this covenant is no longer required by law