Boscage
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That food which wood and trees yield to cattle. To be quit of boscage is to be discharged of paying any duty of wind-fall wood in forest. Whishaw; Manw. For. Law. BOSCARIA (from Lat. 60s). Woodhouses, or ox-houses.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That food which wood and trees yield to cattle. To be quit of boscage is to be discharged of paying any duty of wind-fall wood in forest; Whishaw; Manwood, For. Laws. B0SCUS. Wood growing; wood; both high wood or trees, and underwood or coppice. The high wood is properly called saltus. Spelman, Gloss.; Co. Litt. 5 a.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. The food that trees yield to cattle; browsewood, mast, etc.; an ancient duty of wind-fallen wood. v. Cablish.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English law. The food which wood and trees yield to cattle; browsewood, mast, etc. Spelman. An ancient duty of wind-fallen wood in the forest, Manwood.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Eng. and Fr. [L. Lat. boscagium, from boscus, Ital. bosco, a wood.] In English law. The food which wood and trees yield to cattle; browse-wood, mast, &c. Spelman, voc. Boscagium. Cowell. An ancient duty of wind-fallen wood in the forest. Manwood. See Cablish.