Word: encroachment
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...defense fund is opposed to any expansion of the buildings that are around the courtyard because that would encroach on the open space free to the public, users of the hotel and restaurant patrons,” she said...
Clark agreed, adding that the administration did not want to encroach on The Harbus’ editorial policy...
...Schr?der and challenger Edmond Stoiber, locked in a close election campaign, have both found the Commission an easy target. Schr?der has accused it of trying to undermine Germany's industrial competitiveness through various legislative initiatives and antitrust rulings. Stoiber has been no more forgiving, claiming the Commission continues to encroach on the competence of the German regions, the L?nder, to run their own affairs...
Graham and her allies were worried Harvard would encroach deeper into their neighborhood. They had been aiming to elicit a promise that the University’s expansion would not cross Putnam Avenue—a major thoroughfare that runs through Riverside two blocks in from Memorial Drive...
Despite these moves, the Staff seeks to solve problems by having secular authority further encroach upon the Church, leading to more conflation of church and state. Obviously clerics must abide by the same laws as regular citizens, but they should not be subjected to extra scrutiny by public agencies simply because they have pledged their lives to their faith. Additionally, canon law itself fully decries sexual abuse. Better enforcement of canonical regulation, and not the interjection of secularization, should be the next step, and Cardinal Law understands this...