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Gain

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

[L. Fr. gainer, q. v.] In old English law. To cultivate or till. See Gainer, Gainage, Arable land was called hyde and gain.

Co. Litt. 85 b.