molestation

[French, from molester to molest.] 1. Ord. Lang.: The act of molesting or disturbing; disturbance, annoyance, interference; the state of being molested or disturbed. "From outward molestation free." Words worth: Excursion, bk. vi. 2. Scots Law : The troubling or interfering with one in the po e ion of his lands. An action of molestation arises chiefly in questions of commonty or of controverted marches or boundaries.