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agistment - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'agistment' (Webster Dictionary)

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