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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In ancient law. To take in and feed the cattle of strangers in the king’s forest, and to collect the money due for the same to the king’s use. Spelman; Cowell. In modernlaw. To take in cattle to feed, or pasture, at a certain rate of compensation.

Jacob; 13 East, 159.

AGISTATIO ANIMALIUM IN FOR- AGISTERS or GIST TAKERS. Officers appointed to look after cattle, etc.

See Williams, Common, 2382.