Essart
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Cleared and cultivated woodland.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Forest Law. The destruction of the forest and the reduction of it to a state of cultivation. _ 1 Iloldsw. Hist. E. L. 342.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Essartum, esartuin, land turned into tillage, underwood.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. essartum, esartum, exartum.] Woodland turned into tillage, by uprooting the trees, and removing the underwood. Spelman, voc. Essartum. Commonly written assart, (q. v.)