Agistment
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The taking of another person's cattle into one's own ground to be fed, for a consideration to be paid by the owner. The person so taking cattle to pasture is called an "agister."
Schouler, Bailm. § 96; Story, Bailm. § 443; 68 Cal. 290.
In Old English Law. The taking ol the cattle of strangers to pasture on the king's land, and collecting fees therefor to the use of the king.
Spelman.