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Couchant
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Couchant
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Levant et couchant
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Levant
Rising or having risen from rest said of cattle See Couchant and levant under Couchant
Lodged
Lying down used of beasts of the chase as couchant is of beasts of prey
Agistment
their exclusive use as tenants; so called because the cattle are suffered agiser, i.e., to be levant et couchant there. Also the profit of such feeding. As to the extent to which the 'agister' is liable for
Agistment
Agistment, is derived from the French word gyser, to lie, because the beasts are there Levant and Couchant, 4 Co. Inst. 293.
Appendant
made to a man and his heirs of common in such a moor for his beasts levant or couchant upon his manor, the commons are appurtenant to the manor, and the grant will pass them. Co. Litt.
Resident
to reside on his lord's land, and not to depart from the same; called also homme levant et couchant, and in Normandy, resseant du fief, Leg. H. I. A person who has a residence in a particular
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