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AGISTMENT, contracts. The taking of another person's cattle into one's own ground to be fed, for a consideration to be paid by the owner. The person who receives the cattle is called an agister.
2. An agister is bound to ordinary diligence, and of course is responsible for loses by ordinary negligence; but he does not insure the safety of the cattle agisted. Jones, Bailm. 91; I Bell's Com. 458; Holt's N. P. Rep. 547; Story, Bail. Sec. 443; Bac. Ab. Tythes, C l.

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No references found			In a Survey of Birmingham made in 1553 it was stated that the keeper of the park had all the profits and commodities of the land, namely deer, rabbits; the windfalls of wood as well as lopped wood; all the herbage and agistment (the taking in of other men's swine to feed); and also all the pannage (the food of swine like beechnuts and acorns). Rotton family history entwined with Brum by Birmingham Mail (England) For the first time, many of the Boards refused agistment rights or simply closed the routes to travelling stock unless they could name an outside destination. Mapping Australia's transhumance: snow lease and stock route maps of ... by O'Connor, Maura / The Globe The farm was initially set up to offer pre-training and agistment (a livery or boarding service), and has been developed into a sizeable breeding operation by owners Brett Jenkins and family. New Zealand base of Derby hero goes into receivership by The Racing Post (London, England)			aggravated Aggravated Assault aggravation aggravative aggregate aggregate amount aggregated aggregation aggress aggression aggressive aggressive argument Aggressive Collection aggressiveness aggressor aggrieve aggrieved aggrieved party aggroup aghast agile agilis agio Agist Agister Agistment agitare agitari agitate agitate against agitated agitating agitatio agitation agitational agitative agitator agitators agnate Agnates Agnati Agnation agnomen agnoscere agnostic agonize agonizing agony agora Agrarian law agree			Agirine AGIRN Agis Agis AGISA Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training AGISEE Agish, Sagit agism agism AGISPL AGISRA Agist Agist Agist Agistator agisted agisted agisted Agister Agister Agister agisters agisters agisters agisting agisting agisting Agistis Agistis Agistment agists agists agists AGIT Agit prop Agit prop Agit-pop Agit-prop Agit-prop agit. ante us. agit. bene agita agita agita Agitable agitare agitare agitari agitate agitate agitate agitate agitate agitate against agitate against agitate for agitated agitated agitated agitated

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