Legal Definition and Related Resources of Agistment
Meaning of Agistment
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 so taking cattle to pasture is called an “agister.” Schouler, Bailm. § 96; Story, Bailm. § 443; 68 Cal. 290. In Old English Law. The taking ol the cattle of strangers to pasture on the king’s land, and collecting fees therefor to the use of the king. Spelman.
What does Agistment mean in American Law?
The definition of Agistment in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
See agister.
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