commonage
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The indaba began upon small matters, a recent dispute or two as to the ownership of cattle, or of land commonage, and so forth.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford
The whole baronetage, peerage, and commonage of England did not contain a more cunning, mean, foolish, disreputable old rogue than Sir Pitt Crawley.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
In the evening we heard that the enemy were at Glen Lennie on their way to Harrismith, and that a patrol had already reached the town commonage.
From Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by J. D. (John Daniel) Kestell
The estate of Asbies contained fifty acres of arable land, six of meadow, and a right of commonage.
From Biographical Essays by Thomas De Quincey
It is the way your forefathers understood the law of commonage, and nobody ever grumbled that his neighbor had a cow or a pig too many!
From One Of Them by Charles James Lever
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