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Catchland

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Land in Norfolk, so called because it is not known to what parish it belongs, and the minister who first seizes the tithes of it, by right of preoccupation, enjoys them for that year. Cowell.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Land the tithes from which went as a right to the first of two preachers who claimed them.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Land in Norfolk, so called because it is not known to what parish it belongs, and the minister who first seizes the tithes of it, by right of preoccupation, enjoys them for that year. Cowell.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Land in Norfolk, 30 called because it is not known to what parish it belongs, and the minister who first seizes the tithes of it, by right of preoccupation, enjoys them for that year. Cowell.