Look up: Agistment

1. Agistment
   Grazing one's animals on land controlled by another person, for the payment of a fee either in cash or in kind.
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2. Agistment
   A·gist'ment noun [ Old French agistement . See Agist .] (Law) (a) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests. (b) The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certai...
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3. Agistment
   • (n.) The taking in by any one of other men`s cattle to graze at a certain rate. • (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men`s cattle in the king`s forests. • (n.) A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes. • (n.) Th...
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4. Agistment
   Contracts. The taking of another person's cattle into one's own ground to be fed, for a consideration to be paid by the owner. The person who receives the cattle is called an agister.
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5. Agistment
   `Agistment` originally referred specifically to the proceeds of pasturage in the king`s forests. To `agist` is, in English law, to take cattle to graze, in exchange for payment. Agistment: Agistment originally referred specifically to the proceeds of pasturage in the king`s forests in England, but n...
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