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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/44

  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
    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...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agistment

  5. 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.
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/a171.htm

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