commonable
commonable, adj. 1. (Of an animal) allowed to graze on common land. 2. (Of land) capable of being held in common.
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disturbance of common
disturbance of common. At common law, a wrongful interference with, or impediment to, another’s right to commonable property, such as a wrongful fencing or surcharge on the common. “The disturbance of common comes next to be considered; where any act is done, by which the right of another to his common is incommoded or diminished.
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disturbance of common
At common law, a wrongful interference with, or impediment to, another’s right to commonable property, such as a wrongful fencing or surcharge on the common.
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discommon
discommon (dis-kom-[schwa]n), vb. 1. To deprive of the right of common (e.g., the right to pasture). 2. To deprive (something, esp. land) of commonable character. • A person could discommon land by separating or enclosing it. 3. To deprive (someone) of the privileges of a place, such as the right to use common land or
drift of the forest
drift of the forest. Hist. A periodic examination of forest cattle by officers who drive them to an enclosed place to determine their ownership or common status. “Drift of the forest is nothing else but an exact view or examination taken once, twice, or oftener in a year as occasion shall require, what beasts there
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