Gleaning

The act of gathering such grain in a field where it grew, as may have been left by the reapers after the sheaves were gathered. There is a custom in England, it is said, by which the poor are allowed to enter and glean upon another’s land after harvest, without being guilty of a trespass; 3 Bla. Com. 212. But it has been decided that the community are not entitled to claim this privilege as a right; 1 H. Bla. 51. In the United States, it is believed, no such right exists. It seems to have existed in some parts of BYance.

Merlin, R6p. Qlanage.

As to whether gleaning would or would not amount to larceny, see Wood. Landl. & T. 242; 2 Russ. Cr. 99. The Jewish law may be found In Leviticus xlx, 9, 10.

See Ruth il, 2, 3; Isaiah xxii, 6.