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                  Pa Pe Pi Pl Po Pr Pu
                  Pup Pur

                  purpresture/purprision

                  Purpresture was a delinquency (a feudal crime) as a result of which a feuar could suffer forfeiture of his lands, for the offence of encroaching on streets, highways or commons belonging to his superior; purprision is generally the illegal encroachment on (or enclosure of) lands or property belonging to another.