commonage
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The deer were suffered to run loose upon their lands; and many oppressions were used with relation to the claim of commonage which the people had in most of the forests.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Sheep had fallen heavily in value; our flock could not be realized without incurring a ruinous loss, so it was kept for a time on the town commonage.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
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 H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery
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 Charles James Lever
In 1663, there was a “house called the Goat at Little Chelsea,” which, between that year and 1713, enjoyed the p. 95right of commonage for two cows and one heifer upon Chelsea Heath.
From A Walk from London to Fulham by F. W. (Frederick William) Fairholt
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