AGISTMENT  . To "agist" (from O . Fr. agister, derived from gesir—See also:

• LAT

Lat. jacere—to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie) is, in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, to take See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle to graze, for a remuneration . " Agistment," in the first instance, referred more particularly to the proceeds of pasturage in the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's forests, but now means either (a) the See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract for taking in and feeding horses or other cattle on pasture See also:

• LAND

land, for the See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of a weekly See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of See also:

• MONEY

money, or (b) the profit derived from such pasturing . Agistment is a contract of See also:

• BAILMENT (from Fr. bailler, to place in charge of, cf. BAIL)

bailment, and the bailer is See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to take reasonable care of the animals entrusted to him; he is responsible for See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages and injury which result from See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary casualties, if it be proved that such might have been prevented by the exercise of See also:

• GREAT

great care . There is no See also:

• LIEN

lien on the cattle for the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of the agistment, unless by See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express agreement . Under the Agricultural Holdings See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1883, agisted cattle cannot be distrained on for See also:

• RENT

rent if there be other sufficient See also:

• DISTRESS

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 See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union in 1707, on a See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion submitted with a view to defeat that measure .