Couchant

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Lying down.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lying down; squatting. Couch ant and levant (lying down and rising up) is a term applied to animals trespassing on the land of one other than their owner, for one night or longer. 3 BL Comm. 9.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

chochaunt, Z. /n In old English law. Lying down. Coachant et levant: lying down and rising up.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lying down; squatting. Couchant and levant (lying down and rising up) is a term applied to animals trespassing on the land of one other than their owner, for one night or longer. 3 Gl. Comm. 9.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Fr. [from coucher, to lie down; Lat. cubans, cubantes.] In old English law. Lying down. See Levant.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Lying down. Animals are said to have been levant. and couchant, when they have been upon another person’s land, damage feasant, one night at least. 3 BI. Com. 9.