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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

Tree leaves and bushes as cattle feed.

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

In English law. The food which wood and trees yield to cattle; browse-wood, mast, etc. Spelman. An ancient duty of wind-fallen wood in the forest. Manwood.

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.