Cottage
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
COTA, or COTTAGIUM.
In old English law. A small house without any land belonging to it, whereof mention is made in St. 4 Edw. I. But, by St. 31 Eliz. c. 7, no man may build such cottage for habitation unless he lay unto it four acres of freehold land, except in market towns, cities, or within a mile of the sea, or for the habitation of laborers in mines, shepherds, foresters, sailors, etc. Termes de la Ley. Twenty years' possession of cottage gives good title as against the lord. Buller, N. P. 103a, 104. By a grant of a cottage the curtilage will pass. 4 Viner, Abr.,582.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
COTTAGIUM. In Old English Law. A small house without any land belonging to it, whereof mention is made in stat. 4 Edw. I. But, by stat. 31 Eliz. cap. 7, no man may build such cottage for habitation unless he lay unto it four acres of freehold land, except in market-towns, cities, or within a mile of the sea, or for the habitation of laborers in mines, shepherds, foresters, sailors, etc. Twenty years' possession of cottage gives good title as against the lord; Bull. N. P. 103 a, 104. By a grant of a cottage the curtilage will pass; 4 Vin. Abr. 582.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A little dwelling-house, without land, — or more properly with a small portion of land. v. Cotagium.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English law. A small dwelling-louse that has no land belonging to it. Shep. Touch. 94; 1 Strange, 405; 2 La. Raym. 1015; 15 Ad. & EL. (N. S.) 244.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A dwelling-house, with a garden. Couchant et levant,y>. Lying down and rising up; v. Levant. Coucher de soel: sunset. >
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. cotagium, q. v.] A little dwelling house, without land. Shep. Touch. 94. Co. Litt. 56 b. 1 Crabb's Real Prop. 68, 69, § 87. Cowell, voc. Cotage. Properly, however, a cottage seems to have always had a small portion of land attached to it, (fundi ascriptam portiunculam,) as appears also from the terms cotland, cotsethland, supra. Spelman. And now, according to good authority, by the grant of a cottage, a curtilage or garden will pass as included. 2 Ld. Raym. 1015. 6 Mod. 114. 4 Vin. Abr. 682. Shep. Touch. (by Preston,) 94.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
estates, is nearly synonymous with messuage or house; it imports @ smaller and inferior building. 1 Thom. Co. Litt. 216. By the grant of a cottage, it is said, passes a small dwellinghouse, which has no land belonging toit. Shep. To. 94.