Hay
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
A hedge.
Cowell.
A piece of ground enclosed with a hedge; an enclosure in forests and parks.
Blount.
HAYBOTE (from haye, hedge, and bote, compensation). Hedgebote; one of the estovers allowed tenant for life or for years; namely; material to repair hedges or fences.
2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 35; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 99.
HAYWARD (from haye. Ledge, and ward, keeping).
In old English law
An officer appointed in the lord's court to keep a common herd of cattle of a town. So called because he was to see that they did not break or injure the hedges of inclosed grounds. His duty was also to impound trespassing cattle, and to guard against pound breaches.
Kitch. Cts. 46; Cowell.