Hay
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Haya, 1. 1.
In old English law. A hedge; a piece of ground enclosed with a hedge; an enclosure in a forest or park.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Haya, /. A hedge; an enclosure.