1) English legal terminology 2) The act of agisting
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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 originally referred specifically to the proceeds of pasturage in the king`s forests in England, but now means either: Agistment involves a contract of bailment, an.....
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herbage of a forest or the right to it; grazing dues or income from agisting (L, 236); grazing of unenclosed woods and waste within a forest; common of herbage and the money received for it (M, 79(v) - 86 (v)). The Charter of the Forest allowed every free man to agist his own woods and hedges in a forest with his own beasts at any time, under view ...
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land tax assessed for cattle pasturing
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• (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.) The price paid for such feeding.Agistment: words in ...
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herbage of a forest or the right to it; grazing dues or income from agisting (L, 236); grazing of unenclosed woods and waste within a forest; common of herbage and the money received for it (M, 79(v) - 86 (v)). The Charter of the Forest allowed every free man to agist his own woods and hedges in a forest with his own beasts at any time, under view ...
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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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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 certain rate.
Mozley & W. (c) The price...
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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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the act of agisting. · a contract or an agreement to agist. · the fee paid or the profit made in agisting.
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