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Definition: AGISTMENT

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests.[Websters]
2. The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.[Websters]
3. The price paid for such feeding.[Websters]
4. A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Agistment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Agistment \A*gist"ment\, noun. [Old French expression agistement. See Agist.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: AGISTMENT

Domain Definition
Law AGISTMENT, contracts. 1. The taking of another person's cattle into one's own ground to be fed, for a consideration to be paid by the owner. The person who receives the cattle is called an agister. 2. An agister is bound to ordinary diligence, and of course is responsible for loses by ordinary negligence; but he does not insure the safety of the cattle agisted. Jones, Bailm. 91; I Bell's Com. 458; Holt's N. P. Rep. 547; Story, Bail. 443; Bac. Ab. Tythes, C l. (references)
Wikipedic To agist is, in English law, to take cattle to graze, for a remuneration. Agistment, in the first instance, referred more particularly to the proceeds of pasturage in the king's forests, but now means either (a) the contract for taking in and feeding horses or other cattle on pasture land, for the consideration of a weekly payment of money, or (b) the profit derived from such pasturing. Agistment is a contract of bailment, and the bailer is bound to take reasonable care of the animals entrusted to him; he is responsible for damages and injury which result from ordinary casualties, if it be proved that such might have been prevented by the exercise of great care. There is no lien on the cattle for the price of the agistment, unless by express agreement. Under the Agricultural Holdings Act of 1883, agisted cattle cannot be distrained on for rent if there be other sufficient distress to be found, and if such other distress be not found, and the cattle be distrained, the owner may redeem them on paying the price of their agistment. The tithe of agistment or "tithe of cattle and other produce of grass lands," was formally abolished by the act of union in 1707, on a motion submitted with a view to defeat that measure. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: AGISTMENT

Expressions Domain Definition
Agistment fee Food & Agriculture A charge levied for livestock grazing at so much per (kind or class of) animal for a specified period and generally on a specified area, as distinct from rental of the land itself for this purpose. Source: European Union. (references)
Community agistment area Food & Agriculture A grazing allotment on which several permittees graze livestock in common. Source: European Union. (references)

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Extended Definition: AGISTMENT

Agistment

To agist is, in English law, to take cattle to graze, for a remuneration. Agistment, in the first instance, referred more particularly to the proceeds of pasturage in the king's forests, but now means either (a) the contract for taking in and feeding horses or other cattle on pasture land, for the consideration of a weekly payment of money, or (b) the profit derived from such pasturing. Agistment is a contract of bailment, and the bailer is bound to take reasonable care of the animals entrusted to him; he is responsible for damages and injury which result from ordinary casualties, if it be proved that such might have been prevented by the exercise of great care. There is no lien on the cattle for the price of the agistment, unless by express agreement. Under the Agricultural Holdings Act of 1883, agisted cattle cannot be distrained on for rent if there be other sufficient distress to be found, and if such other distress be not found, and the cattle be distrained, the owner may redeem them on paying the price of their agistment. The tithe of agistment or "tithe of cattle and other produce of grass lands," was formally abolished by the act of union in 1707, on a motion submitted with a view to defeat that measure.

Agisters, in the United Kigdom were formerly the officers of the forest empowered to collect the agistment. They have been re-established in the New Forest to carry out the daily duties of administering the forest.[1] In the Western United States, agisters are land holders who hold themselves out as providing pasturage services, or who seek to enforce agistment liens.[2]

Drought

In Australia, agistment is commonly used in drought, where stock on a drought affected property are agisted to a drought free property somewhere else in the country. The stock may travel to the alternate pasture by truck or by travelling stock route.

Notes

  1. New Forest Agisters
  2. For example, in Washington State, agister is defined as "a farmer, ranchman, herder of cattle, livery and boarding stable keeper, veterinarian, or other person, to whom horses, mules, cattle, or sheep are entrusted for the purpose of feeding, herding, pasturing, training, caring for, or ranching." Revised Code of Washington RCW 60.56.005

References

  • This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Agistment". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: AGISTMENT

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Agistment 5     Agistment 5

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Synonym: agistment
Position Synonym (sorted by strength)

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Computed Synonyms: agistment

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0092   agistment     grazing     graze, wrapping, abrading, chafing, pasture   
 2   1.0092   agistment     pasture     grass, pasturage, herbage, meadow, fodder   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: agistment

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   6.9991   community agistment area     community allotment     common, collective pasture   
 2   5.3392   agistment fee     grazing fee     grazing rent   
 3   5.3089   agistment fee     grazing rent     grazing fee   
 4   4.0480   community agistment area     common     ordinary, general   
 5   3.9989   community agistment area     community pasture     common pasture, local   
 6   3.0485   community agistment area     common pasture     community pasture, regional   
 7   1.0483   community agistment area     commonage     common, people   
 8   1.0482   community agistment area     common land     common, public land   
 9   1.0080   community agistment area     Pasture     grass, pasturage   
 10   1.0079   community agistment area     range land     range, grazing land   
 11   1.0079   community agistment area     pasture land     grazing land, range   
 12   1.0079   community agistment area     grazing land     pasture, range   
 13   1.0078   community agistment area     range     area, line   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: AGISTMENT

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Central Danish overdrev (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture), faellesgraesning (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture), græsningsafgift (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish overdrev (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture), faellesgraesning (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture), græsningsafgift (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk overdrev (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture), faellesgraesning (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture), græsningsafgift (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch der Weidevertrag (agistment), das Weidenlassen (agistment), das Weidegeld (agistment), die Weideabgabe (agistment fee). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch weiderecht (common, herbage, agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent), weidegeld (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent), ter inscharing gegeven dier (animal given into agistment), gemeenteweide (common, community agistment area, community allotment). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish yhteislaidun (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Français animal donné en pension (animal given into agistment). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
French animal donné en pension (animal given into agistment). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
German der Weidevertrag (agistment), das Weidenlassen (agistment), das Weidegeld (agistment), die Weideabgabe (agistment fee). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek κοινόχρηστο λιβάδι (community agistment area, community allotment). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) koinokhristo livadhi (community agistment area, community allotment). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
High German der Weidevertrag (agistment), das Weidenlassen (agistment), das Weidegeld (agistment), die Weideabgabe (agistment fee). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch der Weidevertrag (agistment), das Weidenlassen (agistment), das Weidegeld (agistment), die Weideabgabe (agistment fee). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Irish ainmhithe faoi reachtaireacht (animals in agistment). Additional references: Irish, United Kingdom, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian servitù pubblico (agistment), denaro ricavatone (agistment), ammissione di bestiame al pascolo (agistment), soccida (agistment), soccidante (bailor of cattle in agistment). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 人の家畜を一定期間一定料金で飼育すること (agistment). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi allmänning (common, common land, commonage, community agistment area, community allotment), djur som är inhysta för bete (animals in agistment), betesavgift (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian право на пастьбу (agistment). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) pravo na pastʹbu (agistment). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki право на пастьбу (agistment). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) pravo na pastʹbu (agistment). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland overdrev (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture), faellesgraesning (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture), græsningsafgift (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish pasturaje (agistment, pasturing, grazing, grazing grounds, pasture), lote en común (community agistment area), tarifa de pastoreo (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea yhteislaidun (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi yhteislaidun (common, common pasture, community agistment area, community allotment, community pasture). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska allmänning (common, common land, commonage, community agistment area, community allotment), djur som är inhysta för bete (animals in agistment), betesavgift (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish allmänning (common, common land, commonage, community agistment area, community allotment), djur som är inhysta för bete (animals in agistment), betesavgift (agistment fee, grazing fee, grazing rent). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu چرائی ۔ گھرائی (agistment). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, agistment. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: AGISTMENT

Language Translations for “agistment” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagagathagistmathagent (agistment). Additional references: Athag, agistment. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agagagistmagent (agistment). Additional references: Double Dutch, agistment. (volunteer)
Leet @&151/\/\£[\]1 (agistment). Additional references: Leet, agistment. (volunteer)
Oppish opagopistmopent (agistment). Additional references: Oppish, agistment. (volunteer)
Pig Latin agistmentway (agistment). Additional references: Pig Latin, agistment. (volunteer)
Terran B dastu (agistment). Additional references: Terran B, agistment. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubagubistmubent (agistment). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, agistment. (volunteer)
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