Assartum
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Essartum, Exartum. L. Lat. Assart; land cleared of its wood and converted to tillage. Assartum est quod redactum est ad culturam. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 21. Boscus efficitur assartum; a wood is made (converted into) assart. Bract. fol. 226. Sometimes termed dissocatio. Cowell.