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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A servitude for the pasturage or passage of cattle. See Cattle-gate.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In English law. A right in land for the

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A right in land for the use or passage

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

In English law. A right in land for the use of cattle.* Called in Suffolk, a beast-gate, and in Yorkshire a cattlegate. It is a corporeal interest in land, distinguishable from the mere right of common of pasture. 1 Chitt. Gen. Pr. 182.