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Levant et couchant

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Rising up and lying down.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

L. Fr. Ris ing up and lying down. A term applied to trespassing cattle which have remained long enough upon land to have lain down to rest and risen up to feed; generally the space of a night and a day, or, at least, one night.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. fr., Levantes et cubantes, I. I. Rising up and lying down, — a term applied to trespassing cattle which have been long enough on the land to have lain down and risen up to feed, — one night, at least, or rather a night and a day.