Agist
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. agistare; from ad, to, and Norm, gister, or gi9er, to lie or lay.] To put, place, or lay to, or near, (adjicere, apponere, remjuxta aliam collocare;) to adjust, (Fr. adjouster,) or apportion. To assign, apportion or fix the number of cattle entitled to feed on certain ground; to adjust, apportion or assess a tax. This appears to have been the original sense of the word. Spelman, voc.
Agistare.
In ancient law. To take m 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. Charta de Foresta, c.
9.
Spelman, uh. sup.
Cowell.
In modem law. To take in cattle to feed, or pasture, at a certam rate or compensation. Jacch, voc.
Agistment.
See Agistare, Agistatio.