commonage

Example Sentences

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No parcelling out of the land forbids him to improve to the least advantage the portion he possesses, and no right of commonage, belonging to many, prevents each from deriving profit from his share.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)

His pony was only grazing on the town commonage hard by; he could have him brought in less than half an hour.

From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram

It is the way your forefathers understood the law of commonage, and nobody ever grumbled that his neighbor had a cow or a pig too many!

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

The rights of men are liberty and an equal participation in the commonage of nature.”

From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by MacDonald, Daniel J.

The indaba began upon small matters, a recent dispute or two as to the ownership of cattle, or of land commonage, and so forth.

From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram