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Defenso

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Defenso. That part of any open field or place that was allotted for corn or hay, and upon which there was no common or feeding, was anciently said to be in defenso; so of any meadow ground that was laid in for hay only. The same term was applied to a wood where part was enclosed or fenced, to secure the growth of the underwood from the injury of cattle, Dugd. Mon. tom. 3, p. 305.

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