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Commonable

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

Entitled to common, — beasts either beasts of the plough as horses and oxen, or such as manure the land, as kine and sheep.

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In American law

One branch or division of the members of a municipal corporation; as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of a city.

In English law

One of the component parts of an incorporated company; as, the master, wardens and commonalty; the commoners or people of England, as distinguished from the nobility; the middle classes in England; the better and more influential sort of commoners, otherwise called communalty or comminalty.