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agistmentnoun
The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.
agistmentnoun
A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes.
agistmentnoun
Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Agistmentnoun
It is taken by the canon lawyers in another sense than is mentioned under agist. They seem to intend by it, a modus or composition, or mean rate, at which some right or due may be reckoned: perhaps it is corrupted from addoucissement, or adjustment.
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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 (derived from the Old English giste, gite, a "lying place").
Webster Dictionary
Agistmentnoun
formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests
Agistmentnoun
the taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate
Agistmentnoun
the price paid for such feeding
Agistmentnoun
a charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes
Etymology: [OF. agistement. See Agist.]
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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.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
agistment
An embankment against the sea or rivers, or one thrown up to fence out a stream.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of agistment in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of agistment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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