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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A restitution anciently made by a hundred or county for any wrong done by one that was within the same. Lambard, Arch. 125. OXGANG (from Saxon, gang, soins, and ox; Law Lat. hovata).

In old English law. So much land as an ox could till. According to some, fifteen acres. Co. Litt. 69a; Cromp. Jur. 220. According to Balfour, the Scotch oxengang, or oxgate, contained twelve acres; but this does not correspond with ancient charters. See Bell, Diet. "Ploughgate." Skene says thirteen acres. Cowell.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Restitution by a hundred for an injury done therein.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A restitution anciently made by a hundred or county for any wrong done by one that was within the same. Lamb. Arch. 125.