Definitions for "encumbered"
loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate"
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Burdened with Debt, e.g. Mortgage over land or Bill of Sale over a motor vehicle, or possible caveat lodged.
The status of an item, such as a motor vehicle, on which money is owed.
Owned by one but another entity has a valid claim on the property or security.A...
A property owned by one party on which a second party reserves the right to make a valid claim, e.g., a bank's holding of a home mortgage encumbers property.
is when an asset is owned by one party subject to the legal claims of another party. One example is a homeowner that owns a home that is subject to (encumbered by) the claims of the mortgage holder.
Funds which are not free for use because they have been expended or committed.
Property against which a lien, mortgage or other restraint has been placed.
When a lien, mortgage or other restraint is placed against a property.
means that a lender has registered an interest against an item such as a car when it has been used as security for a loan. The interest is an indication that the lender has taken the car as security for the loan.