pound-breach Law.
(ˈpaʊndbriːtʃ)
[f. pound n.2 + breach n. Early ME. pundbreche represents an OE. *pundbryce not recorded.]
The breaking open of a pound; hence, the illegal removal or recovery by the owner of goods lawfully impounded.
| a 1135 Laws Hen. I, c. 40 (Schmid) Pundbreche fit pluribus modis: emissione, evocatione, receptione, excussione. 1292 Britton i. xxx. §3 Ceux qi ount fet prisoun en lour mesouns, ou hamsokne, ou pountbreche. 1594 West 2nd Pt. Symbol. §215 Privat force..trespas by entring into ground,..poundbreach or otherwise. 1670 Blount Law Dict., Pundbrech,..is the illegal taking of Cattle out of the Pound, either by breaking the Pound, picking the Lock, or otherwise. 1768 Blackstone Comm. III. ix. 146 The distreinor has a remedy in damages..by writ de parco fracto, or pound breach, in case they were actually impounded. 1891 Carmarthen Jrnl. 23 Jan. 3/1 At Lampeter County-court on Tuesday..two cases of pound-breach under distress for tithes were entered for hearing. |