financial encumbrance

On 17 November 1999, the ship was declared free of financial encumbrances and sold to the American company TransAtlantic Lines.

"During the course of those negotiations, we were asked for some financial encumbrances that we considered an inappropriate use of the donated dollar," Mr. Reynolds said, declining to be more specific.

Paulsen cosponsored a draft of the Small Business Assistance and Relief Act in 2010, to provide increased lending and aid for small businesses and ease their financial encumbrances.

The sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah announced the jubilee year, and the sound of the shofar on Yom Kippur proclaimed the actual release of financial encumbrances.

With this move, the U.S.-based Atari operations sought to separate from the structural financial encumbrances of their French parent holding company, Atari S.A. (formerly Infogrames S.A.) and secure independent capital for future growth, primarily in the areas of digital and mobile games.